This is the supposed chart that all stock buyers want, but few will ever receive – unless you have inside information. We have written extensively on the ways in which stocks are both unnecessary for capitalism, misrepresented by the stock pushing industry and actually counterproductive to the competent management of companies. We thought we would [...]
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The Case Against Stock – Compendium
Posted in Capitalism, Investment Advice, Stock Market, Yield Disparity on May 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
What Happens During a Financial Crisis
Posted in Banking, Economic Bubbles, Economics, Real Estate, Stock Market, tagged Henry Paulson, Obama, SEC on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We thought this was a good primer as to what we can expect in the coming years. It provides a historical perspective as to what happens during a financial crisis. Actually, it is likely that we can expect worse than this due to the size of the bubble on the upside combined with the utter [...]
Hilarious Video on Mortgage Backed Securities
Posted in Banking, Mortgages, Real Estate, Stock Market, Videos on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Stock Market Falling
Posted in Currency, Economic Bubbles, Monopoly, Stock Market on September 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Years of focus on the stock market and and the mechanization of how to increase it and invest it in have preventing many from asking what it is. This article is being written in September of 2008 when yet another series of financial mismanagement and corruption blunders have caused the stock market to swoon and [...]
What is the Real Purpose of the SEC?
Posted in Stock Market, Tax Evasion on January 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The SEC uses the concept of “change of course” in order to rationalize their internal corruption and their disinterest in policing the securities industry. Their aggressiveness is tempered by the fact that they come from, and go back into the industry for employment. First its important to consider that there are only a few protections [...]
How Stocks Promote Monopolies
Posted in Deliberately False Financial Information, Markets and Efficiency, Monopoly, Stock Market on January 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Are US capital markets fair? That is do they offer an equal, or roughly equal chance for individuals and companies to raise money? There is a generally accepted view that stock is a good thing. The two most common concepts that are commonly used to promote the idea of stock ownership is that: Stocks rise [...]
Do You Have Enough Assets to Get “A” Advice?
Posted in Investment Advice, Monopoly, Stock Market on January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The best advice is hard to come by in financial advisement. The US system makes sure that this restricted resource is allocated to very specific groups. Furthermore these groups are already the most monied interests in the country. The resulting tiered returns in the market demonstrate that the US investment apparatus is designed to give [...]
The Inaccuracy of Average Return
Posted in Investment Advice, Stock Market, Yield Disparity on January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Abstract Averages are highly misleading. They mask the concentrations of return in the investment business. However, returns are not evenly distributed to investors. This is not only because of differences in stock picking acumen, but also due to the way financial systems are designed to benefit a special class of investors to the detriment of [...]
Stock: An Unnecessary Illusion
Posted in Intellectual Fraud, Media Corruption, Stock Market on January 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Most people seem to feel they intuitively know what stock is. However, the real features of stock and their affect on the creation and maintenance of companies and economies is rarely if ever critically analyzed. This article will take the unusual approach of asking “what is a stock?” One of the most unusual things about [...]
Lessons from Privatizing Retirement Funds
Posted in 657969, Economic History, Investment Advice, Stock Market, Yield Disparity, tagged Google on January 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Elite corruption and lying about retirement saving methods is sure to end retirement for large numbers of the US population. However, the retirement for the wealthy will be better than ever. Retirement Privatization = Stealing Retirement The history of retirement fund privatization is clear…it is a total failure. However, failure does not stop monied interests from [...]
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