Praise for

Confidence Game How a Hedge Fund Manager Called Wall Street’s Bluff

by Christine S. Richard
Bloomberg News

 

 

“Christine Richard’s Confidence Game is an insightful, timely, and fascinating high-speed drive into the often difficult-to-penetrate world of short sellers, with its particular focus on Bill Ackman and his campaign against monoline insurance giant MBIA.”

SCOTT B. MACDONALD
SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR
ALADDIN CAPITAL LLC AND COAUTHOR OF SEPARATING FOOLS FROM
THEIR MONEY

“How to head off the next crash? Listen to the dissidents now. Christine Richard’s deeply researched and deftly written account of Bill Ackman’s high-stakes struggle with a leading pillar of a now-collapsed system is the right book at the right time, and a mesmerizing read.”

DEAN STARKMAN
EDITOR
“THE AUDIT,” THE BUSINESS SECTION OF THE COLUMBIA JOURNALISM
REVIEW

“Bill Ackman’s battle with MBIA will be remembered as one of the great epics of Wall Street history, and no one followed the story more closely than Christine Richard.”

BETHANY MCLEAN
COAUTHOR OF THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM

“Finally, a financial crisis book with a hero. It’s a compelling morality tale of how one man uncovered a massive fraud and then fought tenaciously to show the world he was right. Richard had unparalleled access to the major players in this saga—from venal executives to incompetent regulators—and she weaves the threads of complex financial shenanigans into a page-turning narrative. Ackman emerges as the Don Quixote of financial markets: you will root for him and a happy ending.”

FRANK PARTNOY
AUTHOR OF F.I.A.S.C.O., INFECTIOUS GREED, AND THE MATCH KING

“Confidence Game is a lesson for all investors on the value of independent and exhaustive research. It’s also a riveting story.”

TODD SULLIVAN
CREATOR OF VALUEPLAYS.NET AND A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE
STOCKTWITS BLOG NETWORK AND SEEKING ALPHA