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Britain’s Simon Cawkwell, (aka ‘Evil Knievil’) is a living legend in trading circles. Famous for spotting overvalued stocks and ‘shorting’ them, Cawkwell has been known to make as much as £500,000 in just one week.

Evil’s Good: Book of Boasts and Other Investments offers a rare insight into the mind of the UK’s most famous ‘shorter’. Read all about his triumphs (and downfalls) and learn the common sense methods behind Cawkwell’s phenomenal success and great wealth.

Part autobiography, part training guide, Evil’s Good is a fascinating and often amusing read offering an insight into some of the darker realities of the City.

Revealing and uncensored, Cawkwell’s book details a shadowy sector of the market certain private investors and traders love to play in, despite their efforts usually resulting in large amounts of cash down the drain.

‘Short selling’ is the process whereby stock one does not actually own is sold with the expectation it will be able to be bought back later at a lower price. Undoubtedly high risk, to survive the ‘shorting’ game you need a particularly keen sense of what you are doing and a method.

There must always be the chance that no stock is available to buy when one comes to close a short-sold position. Losing everything is always a possibility. Yet for those considering taking the risk, who better than Britain’s ‘King of Short Sellers’ to provide advice, warnings and tips?

Highly informative and entertaining, Cawkwell’s book may just convince you to take a shot at shorting – or not. Either way, the book offers fascinating insights into the scandalous antics that go on all the time behind the closed doors of the City.

The first to question Robert Maxwell’s accounts, former accountant Cawkwell does his homework carefully before identifying companies ripe for attack.

Evil’s Good is written by a man who loves a fraud, because exposing that fraud equates to a big payday. Is that so ‘evil’? Can Cawkwell be looked upon as a financial bounty hunter, as opined by Clem Chambers, CEO of leading financial stocks and shares site ADVFN.com? Whatever your opinion, Evil’s Good allows a rare look over the shoulder of an extremely talented stock picker and the chance to observe a true master at work.