Thanks for stopping by. We hope this site will inspire you to purchase a copy of the new book, The Pirates of Manhattan. It is our hope as well that the book will make you stronger financially and more aware of finance in America. For the past ten years, the author, Barry James Dyke has made a passionate study of economics in general and the financial services industry in particular. What the author discovered was that many financial products and strategies promoted by financial institutions simply don’t work over the long haul. Yet these strategies and products are promoted. Not because they are the best thing for the consumer, but because these strategies and products are highly profitable to The Pirates of Manhattan.