Take on the Street: How to Fight for Your Financial Future Book

Levitt is a good writer, and his concern for doing what is right permeates his work. He is honest and not afraid to highlight his own participation in questionable financial practices. This book highlights that importance of ensuring that incentives and compensation of financial professionals lines up with their responsibilities to everyday investors. He highlights problems that exist and the solutions that have been proposed or applied and what still needs to be done. There are some real gems of information in this book, but being from 2002 much of it is outdated. Some of the things he warns about have been mostly stamped out, while other new pitfalls have since emerged. People interested in Levitt himself or in a history of conflicting interests will find this a worth while read, but people looking merely for investment advice would do better to look for more up to date information.