Since you've all read my book, you know that I think corrections are opportunities to selectively establish new positions (or add to existing ones) in...
Since you've all read my book, "The Brainwashing of the American Investor", you know that I think corrections are opportunities to selectively establish new...
... Buffett: "You gotta' buy 'em when nobody else wants 'em." Baruch: "Buy your straw hats in the wintertime." Selengut: "For every seller there's a buyer, and...
Securities Firms, Banks, and Insurance Companies have always been the "Big Three" Wall Street financial institutions. At one time, it wasn't too difficult to...
Here's how easy it is to determine if an annuity is really the right "stuff" for you. Forget all the sales talk, there is no such thing as a guaranteed ...
This is the last of a three part series on annuities, an expanded version of the discussion in "The Brainwashing of the American Investor" ... Financial...
During every correction, I encourage investors to avoid the destructive inertia that results from trying to determine: "How far down are we going?" and/or "How...
Classic < > "Bear Market" < > Mistakes Just what is a "bear market" anyway? Wall Street wants you to believe that a bear market is upon us when those...
All of you have now received (and read?) your copies of "The Brainwashing of the American Investor". I'd like to help you get a head start on your Holiday ...
Have you read "The Brainwashing of the American Investor"? You would have taken some profits already if you had! I'd like to help you get a head start on your...
Watch your back; the year-end hunting season has begun! Although there is certainly no shortage of bad professional advice, misleading media commentary, and...
I'm building a new page at my website that will host links and banners to the websites of my friends, clients, and family. It will be totally free. I'm getting...
Letters to the editor anyone? Listen closely to CNBC, The Wall Street Report, or any other media financial analysis, for these innocent words "Portfolio Window...
In a recent interview with Fortune Magazine writer Justin Fox, Vanguard founder Jack Bogle admits that: "A lot has changed in the Mutual Fund business, and...
the last time that a correction (this one began sometime in June, not in March of 2000 as you know) has not succumbed to a new rally? Answer: NEVER! Sorry, I...
Here's my take on the Bush tax package: First of all, it's business as usual: dedicated to the proposition that everything possible should be done to...
Sure she's a big shot, and a lot of people are convinced that she's not a very nice person, but she really hasn't done anything new or different. She just...
Just follow our "Yellow Brick Road", sayeth "The Wizards of Wall Street", and surely all of your financial goals and expectations will be realized. We've got...
This list of "Rules" appeared in the Wall Street Journal recently, and after reading it, if you thought you had found the simple path to the "holy grail", ...
If it ain't dollar for dollar, it ain't a Money Market Fund! "So what," you say. "It yields so much more than a Money Fund." And what happens when interest...
Investing In and Understanding Fixed Income Securities Wow, here it is time to reissue my primer on Fixed Income Investing! I know this because of several...
What happens when you mix a well-known Attorney General, a big name institution and a controversial book by a Wall Street outsider? Scandals, sure; nationwide...
The 2003 Shock Market recovery is now in its eighth month and it seems poised to move even higher by year-end. It won’t be long before Wall Street market ...
(1) Is there "Investment Life" after Mutual Funds? The investment world (or at least the media) is in a quandary: (2) what is the average investor/speculator...
And the investment gods looked down on lower Manhattan and thought: "This is good! We will create Financial Institutions that will help humans use money to ...
This year, give a gift that keeps on giving. Every one of you knows someone who would have lost less money investing had they read "The Brainwashing of the ...
In two weeks, the 2003 Stock Market Trifecta will be over and little green monsters will replace the sugarplums dancing in your heads. You know, the ones that...