September 10, 2018· 35 min
A Forensic Accounting Expert Explains How Companies Trick Investors
Orality
Model
87%
Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)
Speaker Breakdown
HostJoe Weisenthal(987 words)
M:29%
HostTracy Alloway(995 words)
M:29%
GuestHoward Schilit(3,140 words)
M:28%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic32%
definitely, basically, very
Engagement61%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, right
Repetition100%
they (53x), about (38x), know (36x)
Parallelism100%
And I'm Jill Weisenthal...., But I'm thank you...., So thank you for, even if you ...
Sound Patterns71%
39 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases7%
you know what, i mean
Literate Indicators
Hedging10%
maybe, might, could
Passive Voice10%
are supposed, is reflected, is published
Abstract Nouns18%
investment, question, business
Subordination11%
while, because, whereas
Sentence Length41%
Avg: 15.2 words/sentence
Word Complexity49%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style39%
335 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style88%
actually, definitively, definitely
Description
Companies have all kinds of discretion in how they recognize revenue and costs. Some of this is legit. Some of this is fraud. On this week's episode of the Odd Lots podcast, we speak with Howard Schilit, an expert in forensic accounting and the author of “Financial Shenanigans: How To Detect Accounting Gimmicks & Fraud in Financial Reports.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.