Exploding the Wall Street Myths

Posted on February 22, 2007

Exploding the Wall Street Myths Wall Street must have a propaganda machine to generate so many great investment myths. Like most myths, many begin with a kernel of truth, but end up inferring much that may not be true. Shrewd operators (like many financial institutions) often take these myths and use them for their own ends. The inducements are familiar—potential tax savings, greater returns, less effort

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Don’t Get Railroaded by Wall Street

Posted on December 22, 2005

Don’t Get Railroaded by Wall Street Stock market investing isn’t always as easy as it seemed in the 1990s. Over 200 years of stock market history shows us that there have been seven generation-long bear markets that averaged 14 years in length, during which times money in the stock market generally lost purchasing power. Buy-and-Hold investors often suffer huge losses during these periods, yet traditional financial

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OK, What Next?

Posted on May 10, 2003

OK, What’s Next? SARS? Investors have waited nervously for the past 6 months while the war build up was underway, using it for an excuse to not invest. Now that the war has been settled, terrorists aren’t attacking in waves, and germ warfare didn’t materialize, what’s next for us to worry about? Some 'big picture' analysts are already beginning to paint a doomsday scenario

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