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Quarterly Window Dressing - A Recurrent Wall Street Scam
Why aren't the wizards of Wall Street assuaging our nerves by explaining the cyclical nature of the markets and pointing out that similar crises have always preceded the attainment of new all time highs? Right, because the unhappy investor is Wall Street's best friend. Why can't politicians address economic problems with capitalist-economic solutions?
Ishares and ETFs: Pushing the DJIA Toward the Cliff
... ETFs, a combination of the two, don't even address the question properly... AND their rising popularity has raised the risk level throughout the Stock Market. How's that, you ask? The demand for DJIA stocks included in ETFs is raising their prices to levels that have nothing to do with company fundamentals.
Investment Scandals & Scams: What's Next!
Plain vanilla fraud and theft are less worrisome to me than situations where the general acceptance of misinformation or "business as usual" practices allows inherently bad product ideas and blatant mismanagement to become accepted by regulatory authorities, financial professionals, and myopically gullible consumers.
Ten Common Investment Errors: Stocks, Bonds, & Management
Losing money on an investment may not be the result of a mistake, and not all mistakes result in monetary losses. Compounding the problems that investors have managing their investment portfolios is the sideshowesque sensationalism that the media brings to the process. Avoid these ten common errors to improve your performance: