Pump and Dump Stock Schemes

Posted on June 13, 2007

When I keep getting lots and lots of spam emails that make the same basic offer, I know one thing’s for sure: A lot of people are falling for it. I don’t see much spam any more telling me that I’ve won the lottery, though I do still get a few that want me to secretly help move a few million from Nigeria into my bank

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Covering Your Shorts

Posted on August 1, 2006

Covering Your Shorts The term “covering your shorts” sounds sort of nasty, kind of like something my 16 year old son might come up with, but shorts are just investments that go up as a market goes down. Covering means getting out of a short investment. An investor who thinks the market is high and will be headed lower can borrow certain number of shares

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Aging Gracefully

Posted on April 15, 2003

Thoughts on Aging Gracefully…. In time of war, it’s easy to get overly serious. As I believe that the greatest things are done with a light heart, I’m passing along the following from a stream of email jokes sent to me by friends. Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it. The older we get, the

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