Learn how to detect any corporate sleight of hand -- and gain the upper hand with smart investing

Investing expert John Del Vecchio and "Motley Fool" Tom Jacobs offer a compelling arguement that the secret to stock-market success today isn't finding the next Google or eBay, but avoiding the next AIG or Enron. To that end, they offer simple, clear techniques for detecting when and how legitimate companies make their numbers look better than they are.

What's Behind the Numbers? offers seven rules for finding companies playing with -- rather than by -- the numbers and explains how to avoid losing money by determining exactly when a stock is about to head south.

John Del Vecchio, CFA, serves as a Principal of Ranger Alternative Management and principal of Parabolix Research, Inc.
Tom Jacobs is lead advisor for the Motley Fool Special Ops, a stock service where he manages a special situations and opportunistic portfolio. He is cofounder of Complete Growth Investor LLC.

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