The Financial Meltdown Foreseen
Financial Times- February 23, 2009
by Paul J. Davies

In late 19th-century California, Charles E Boles enjoyed almost a decade of robbing the stage coaches of Wells Fargo on the dusty highways before he was caught. Legend has it that Charles E. Boles, "Black Bart", as he was known, was always well-dressed, unfailingly courteous and never fired a shot. For Janet Tavakoli, his activities are a fitting emblem for the "bloodless robbery" committed by bankers and mortgage brokers....Her new book, Dear Mr Buffett: What an Investor Learns 1,269 Miles from Wall Street , is a clear and pacy run through the multitude of sins and sinners in the modern financial world.

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Janet Tavakoli is the president of Tavakoli Structured Finance, a Chicago-based firm that provides consulting to financial institutions and institutional investors. Ms. Tavakoli has more than 20 years of experience in senior investment banking positions, trading, structuring and marketing structured financial products. She is a former adjunct professor of derivatives at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. She is the author of: Credit Derivatives & Synthetic Structures (John Wiley & Sons, 1998, 2001), Structured Finance & Collateralized Debt Obligations (John Wiley & Sons, 2008), and
Dear Mr. Buffett: What An Investor Learns 1,269 Miles From Wall Street (John Wiley & Sons January 2009)

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