Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Part I. Framework to Finding Short Ideas
6. 1. Due Diligence in Short Selling 3
7. 2. Leveraged Businesses 38
8. 3. Structural Issues in Industries 59
9. 4. Recipes for Cooked Books 80
10. 5. The World Is Going to End 98
11. Part II. How Successful Investors and Analysts Think
12. 6. Value Investing 119
13. 7. Activist Investing 143
14. 8. Papa Bear 155
15. 9. Off Wall Street 172
16. Part III. Risks and Mechanics of Short Selling
17. 10. When to Hold, When to Fold 187
18. 11. The Mechanics of Short Selling 209
19. Glossary 221
20. Notes 229
21. Index 235