Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-240) and index.

Kirk Kerkorian : due diligence is due every time -- David Bonderman : does this mean I also overpaid for the Rolling Stones -- Aubrey McClendon : falling on the wrong edge of the two-edged leverage sword -- Bill Ackman : detour from discipline -- Nick Maounis : "trust, but verify" -- Leon Cooperman : the pirate of Prague meets the prince of Princeton and the boy from the Bronx gets squeezed -- Richard Pzena : fashions change, history persists or does it -- Geoff Grant : style drift it's hot till it's not -- Volkswagen and Porsche : the hare finally wins and the shorts get squeezed -- Chris Davis : it was dressed like an insurance company, but it didn't quack like one -- Madoff investors : hook, line, and sunk.