Hoisting a Red Flag

February 13, 2013

I remember reading Financial Shenanigans: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks & Fraud in Financial Reports, Third Edition back in college for a class on Security Analysis.   The world of forensic accounting fascinated me – and one project was to see how many red flags we could find in the 10Ks and Qs for Lucent.  Needless to say, there were a lot!

A number of research boutiques have popped up focusing on this field (and a new forensic accounting ETF just launched), and we highlight some research from New Constructs in this week’s issue.

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