--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "larry.potter" > > <larry.potter@> wrote: > > > > > > http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061023/enron_skilling.html?.v=26 > > > > > > ouch, being greedy and a thief is a disastrous combination. > > > poor guy.. > > > > > > > > > What I find most interesting about the Enron story is someone named > > John Chanos who is a Wall Street Trader who was one of the first to > > see that Enron was built on fantasy. He ended up making 10s of > > millions because he shorted Enron stock (and advised his clients to > > do the same) when it was at its peak. > > > > But Chanos did it the old-fashioned way: he actually studied Enron's > > financial statements. He saw anomalies and instead of like 99% of > > everyone else who was trading Enron stock and were euphoric and on > > the bandwagon about its success, he rolled up his sleeves and went > > into all the little details, found it to be a house of cards, and > > sold short. > > > > Which begs the question: if Chanos could see the truth, why couldn't > > the others? Were they too lazy? Were the financial statements such > > fraudulent documents that everyone else were fooled? But if they > > were so fraudulent, then why could Chanos see the truth? > > > > They were too good to be true? >
Both Chanos and this author for Fortune magazine (I forget her name) asked that very question...AND how and with what Enron was making all their money. And then the ball started rolling downhill... To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
