"Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." –Mark Twain
If you want to fully understand and appreciate the work of Mike Stathis, from his market forecasts and securities analysis to his political and economic analyses, you will need to learn how to think clearly if you already lack this vital skill.
For many, this will be a cleansing process that could take quite a long time to complete depending on each individual.
The best way to begin clearing your mind is to move forward with this series of steps:
1. GET RID OF YOUR TV SET, AND ONLY USE STREAMING SERVICES SPARINGLY.
2. REFUSE TO USE YOUR PHONE TO TEXT.
3. DO NOT USE A "SMART (DUMB) PHONE" (or at least do not use your phone to browse the Internet unless absolutely necessary).
4. STAY AWAY FROM SOCIAL MEDIA (Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Snap, Twitter, Tik Tok unless it is to spread links to this site).
5. STAY OFF JEWTUBE.
6. AVOID ALL MEDIA (as much as possible).
The cleansing process will take time but you can hasten the process by being proactive in exercising your mind.
You should also be aware of a very common behavior exhibited by humans who have been exposed to the various aspects of modern society. This behavior occurs when an individual overestimates his abilities and knowledge, while underestimating his weaknesses and lack of understanding. This behavior has been coined the "Dunning-Kruger Effect" after two sociologists who described it in a research publication. See here.
Many people today think they are virtual experts on every topic they place importance on. The reason for this illusory behavior is because these individuals typically allow themselves to become brainwashed by various media outlets and bogus online sources. The more information these individuals obtain on these topics, the more qualified they feel they are to share their views with others without realizing the media is not a valid source with which to use for understanding something. The media always has bias and can never be relied on to represent the full truth. Furthermore, online sources are even more dangerous for misinformation, especially due to the fact that search algorithms have been designed to create confirmation bias.
A perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger Effect can be seen with many individuals who listen to talk radio shows. These shows are often politically biased and consist of individuals who resemble used car salesmen more than intellectuals. These talking heads brainwash their audience with cherry-picked facts, misstatements, and lies regarding relevant issues such as healthcare, immigration, Social Security, Medicaid, economics, science, and so forth. They also select guests to interview based on the agendas they wish to fulfill with their advertisers rather than interviewing unbiased experts who might share different viewpoints than the host.
Once the audience has been indoctrinated by these propagandists, they feel qualified to discuss these topics on the same level as a real authority, without realizing that they obtained their understanding from individuals who are employed as professional liars and manipulators by the media.
Another good example of the Dunning-Kruger Effect can be seen upon examination of political pundits, stock market and economic analysts on TV. They talk a good game because they are professional speakers. But once you examine their track record, it is clear that these individuals are largely wrong. But they have developed confidence in speaking about these topics due to an inflated sense of expertise in topics for which they continuously demonstrate their incompetence.
One of the most insightful analogies created to explain how things are often not what you see was Plato's Allegory of the Cave, from Book 7 of the Republic.
We highly recommend that you study this masterpiece in great detail so that you are better able to use logic and reason. From there, we recommend other classics from Greek philosophers. After all, ancient Greek philosophers like Plato and Socrates created critical thinking.
If you can learn how to think like a philosopher, ideally one of the great ancient Greek philosophers, it is highly unlikely that you will ever be fooled by con artists like those who make ridiculous and unfounded claims in order to pump gold and silver, the typical get-rich-quick, or multi-level marketing (MLM) crowd.
If you want to do well as an investor, you must first understand how various forces are seeking to deceive you.
Most people understand that Wall Street is looking to take their money.
But do they really understand the means by which Wall Street achieves these objectives?
Once you understand the various tricks and scams practiced by Wall Street you will be better able to avoid being taken.
Perhaps an even greater threat to investors is the financial media.
The single most important thing investors must do if they aim to become successful is to stay clear of all media.
That includes social media and other online platforms with investment content such as YouTube and Facebook, which are one million times worse than the financial media.
The various resources found within this website address these two issues and much more.
Remember, you can have access to the best investment research in the world. But without adequate judgment, you will not do well as an investor.
You must also understand how the Wall Street and financial media parasites operate in order to do well as an investor.
It is important to understand how the Jewish mafia operates so that you can beat them at their own game.
The Jewish mafia runs both Wall Street and the media. This cabal also runs many other industries.
We devote a great deal of effort exposing the Jewish mafia in order to position investors with a higher success rate in achieving their investment goals.
Always remember the following quotes as they apply to the various charlatans positioned by the media as experts and business leaders.
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” - King James Bible - Matthew 7:15
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." –Mark Twain
It's also very important to remember this FACT. All Viewpoints Are Not Created Equal.
Just because something is published in print, online, or aired in broadcast media does not make it accurate.
More often than not, the larger the audience, the more likely the content is either inaccurate or slanted.
The next time you read something about economics or investments, you should ask the following question in order to determine the credibility of the source.
Is the source biased in any way?
That is, does the source have any agendas which would provide some kind of benefit accounting for conclusions that were made?
Most individuals who operate websites or blogs sell ads or merchandise of some kind. In particular, websites that sell precious metals are not credible sources of information because the views published on these sites are biased and cannot be relied upon.
The following question is one of the first things you should ask before trusting anyone who is positioned as an expert.
Is the person truly credible?
Most people associate credibility with name-recognition. But more often than not, name-recognition serves as a predictor of bias if not lack of credibility because the more a name is recognized, the more the individual has been plastered in the media.
Most individuals who have been provided with media exposure are either naive or clueless. The media positions these types of individuals as “credible experts” in order to please its financial sponsors; those who buy advertisements.
In the case of the financial genre, instead of name-recognition or media celebrity status, you must determine whether your source has relevant experience on Wall Street as opposed to being self-taught. But this is just a basic hurdle that in itself by no means ensures the source is competent or credible.
It's much more important to carefully examine the track record of your source in depth, looking for accuracy and specific forecasts rather than open-ended statements. You must also look for timing since a broken clock is always right once a day. Finally, make sure they do not cherry-pick their best calls. Always examine their entire track record.
Don't ever believe the claims made by the source or the host interviewing the source regarding their track record.
Always verify their track record yourself.
The above question requires only slight modification for use in determining the credibility of sources that discuss other topics, such as politics, healthcare, etc.
We have compiled the most extensive publication exposing hundreds of con men pertaining to the financial publishing and securities industry, although we also cover numerous con men in the media and other front groups since they are all associated in some way with each other.
There is perhaps no one else in the world capable of shedding the full light on these con men other than Mike Stathis.
Mike has been a professional in the financial industry for nearly three decades.
Alhough he publishes numerous articles and videos addressing the dark side of the industry, the core collection can be found in our ENCYCLOPEDIA of Bozos, Hacks, Snake Oil Salesmen and Faux Heroes.
Also, the Image Library contains nearly 8,000 images, most of which are annotated.
At AVA Investment Analytics, we don't pump gold, silver, or equities because we are not promoters or marketers.
We actually expose precious metals pumpers, while revealing their motives, means, and methods.
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We actually go to great lengths to expose the ad-based content scam that's so pervasive in the world today.
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If you listen to the media, most likely at minimum it's going to cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of your life time.
The deceit, lies, and useless guidance from the financial media is certainly a large contributor of these losses.
But a good deal of lost wealth comes in the form of excessive consumerism which the media encourages and even imposes upon its audience.
You aren’t going to know that you’re being brainwashed, or that you have lost $1 million or $2 million over your life time due to the media.
But I can guarantee you that with rare exception this will become the reality for those who are naïve enough to waste time on media.
It gets worse.
By listening to the media you are likely to also suffer ill health effects through excessive consumption of prescription drugs, and/or as a result of watching ridiculous medical shows, all of which are supportive of the medical-industrial complex.
And if you seek out the so-called "alternative media" as a means by which to escape the toxic nature of the "mainstream" media, you might make the mistake of relying on con men like Kevin Trudeau, Alex Jones, Joe Rogan, and many others.
This could be a deadly decision. As bad as the so-called "mainstream" media is, the so-called "alternative media" is even worse.
There are countless con artists spread throughout the media who operate in the same manner. They pretend to be on your side as they "expose" the "evil" government and corporations.
Their aim is to scare you into buying their alternatives. This addresses the nutritional supplements industry which has become a huge scam.
Why Does the Media Air Liars and Con Men?
The goal of the media is NOT to serve its audience because the audience does NOT pay its bills.
The goal of the media is to please its sponsors, or the companies that spend huge dollars buying advertisements.
And in order for companies to justify these expenses, they need the media to represent their cause.
The media does this by airing idiots and con artists who mislead and confuse the audience.
By engaging in "journalistic fraud," the media steers its audience into the arms of its advertisers because the audience is now misled and confused.
The financial media sets up the audience so that they become needy after having lost large amounts of money listening to their "experts." Desperate for professional help, the audience contacts Wall Street brokerage firms, mutual funds, insurance companies, and precious metals dealers that are aired on financial networks. This is why these firms pay big money for adverting slots in the financial media.
We see the same thing on a more obvious note in the so-called "alternative media," which is really a remanufactured version of the "mainstream media." Do not be fooled. There is no such thing as the "alternative media." It really all the same.
In order to be considered "media" you must have content that has widespread channels of distribution. Thus, all "media" is widely distributed.
And the same powers that control the distribution of the so-called "mainstream media" also control distribution of the so-called "alternative media."
The claim that there is an "alternative media" is merely a sales pitch designed to capture the audience that has since given up on the "mainstream media."
The tactic is a very common one used by con men.
The same tactic is used by Washington to convince naive voters that there are meaningful differences between the nation's two political parties.
In reality, both parties are essentially the same when it comes to issues that matter most (e.g. trade policy and healthcare) because all U.S. politicians are controlled by corporate America. Anyone who tells you anything different simply isn't thinking straight.
On this site, we expose the lies and the liars in the media.
We discuss and reveal the motives and track record of the media’s hand-selected charlatans with a focus on the financial media.
To date, we know of no one who has established a more accurate track record in the investment markets since 2006 than Mike Stathis.
Yet, the financial media wants nothing to do with Stathis.
This has been the case from day one when he was black-balled by the publishing industry after having written his landmark 2006 book, America's Financial Apocalypse.
From that point on, he was black-balled throughout all so-called mainstream media and then even the so-called alternative media.
With very rare exception, you aren't even going to hear him on the radio or anywhere else being interviewed.
Ask yourself why.
You aren't going to see him mentioned on any websites either, unless its by people whom he has exposed.
You aren't likely to ever read or hear of his remarkable investment research track record anywhere, unless you read about it on this website.
You should be wondering why this might be.
Some of you already know the answer.
The media banned Mike Stathis because the trick used by the media is to promote cons and clowns so that the audience will be steered into the hands of the media's financial sponsors - Wall Street, gold dealers, etc.
Because the media is run by the Jewish mafia and because most Jews practice a severe form of tribalism, the media will only promote Jews and gentiles who represent Jewish businesses.
And as for radio shows and websites that either don't know about Stathis or don't care to hear what he has to say, the fact is that they are so ignorant that they assume those who are plastered throughout media are credible.
And because they haven't heard Stathis anywhere in the media, even if they come across him, they automatically assume he's a nobody in the investment world simply because he has no media exposure. And they are too lazy to go through his work because they realize they are too stupid to understand the accuracy and relevance of his research.
Top investment professionals who know about Mike Stathis' track record have a much different view of him. But they cannot say so in public because Stathis is now considered a "controversial" figure due to his stance on the Jewish mafia.
Most people are in it for themselves. Thus, they only care about pitching what’s deemed as the “hot” topic because this sells ads in terms of more site visits or reads.
This is why you come across so many websites based on doom and conspiratorial horse shit run by con artists.
We have donated countless hours and huge sums of money towards the pursuit of exposing the con men, lies, and fraud.
We have been banned by virtually every media platform in the U.S and every website prior to writing about the Jewish mafia.
Mike Stathis was banned by all media early on because he exposed the realities of the United States.
The Jewish mafia has declared war on us because we have exposed the realities of the U.S. government, Wall Street, corporate America, free trade, U.S. healthcare, and much more.
Stathis has also been banned by alternative media because he exposed the truth about gold and silver.
We have even been banned from use of email marketing providers as a way to cripple our abilities to expand our reach.
You can talk about the Italian Mafia, and Jewish Hollywood can make 100s of movies about it.
BUT YOU CANNOT TALK ABOUT THE JEWISH MAFIA.
Because Mr. Stathis exposed so much in his 2006 book America's Financial Apocalypse, he was banned.
He was banned for writing about the following topics in detail: political correctness, illegal immigration, affirmative action, as well as the economic realities behind America's disastrous healthcare system, the destructive impact of free trade, and many other topics. He also exposed Wall Street fraud and the mortgage derivatives scam that would end of catalyzing the worst global crisis in history.
It's critical to note that the widespread ban on Mr. Stathis began well before he mentioned the Jewish mafia or even Jewish control of any kind.
It was in fact his ban that led him to realize precisely what was going on.
We only began discussing the role of the criminality of the Jewish mafia by late-2009, three years AFTER we had been black-listed by the media.
Therefore, no one can say that our criticism of the Jewish mafia led to Mike being black-listed (not that it would even be acceptable).
If you dare to expose Jewish control or anything under Jewish control, you will be black-balled by all media so the masses will never hear the truth.
Just remember this. Mike does not have to do what he is doing.
Instead, he could do what everyone else does and focus on making money.
He has already sacrificed a huge fortune to speak the truth hoping to help people steer clear of fraudsters and to educate people as to the realities in order to prevent the complete enslavement of world citizenry.
Rule #1: Those With Significant Exposure Are NOT on Your Side.
No one who has significant exposure should ever be trusted. Such individuals should be assumed to be gatekeepers until proven otherwise. I have never found an exception to this rule.
Understand that those responsible for permitting or even facilitating exposure have given exposure to specific individuals for a very good reason. And that reason does not serve your best interests.
In short, I have significant empirical evidence to conclude that everyone who has a significant amount of exposure has been bought off (in some way) by those seeking to distort reality and control the masses. This is not a difficult concept to grasp. It's propaganda 101.
Rule #2: Con Artists Like to Form Syndicates.
Before the Internet was created, con artists were largely on their own. Once the Internet was released to the civilian population, con artists realized that digital connectivity could amplify their reach, and thus the effectiveness of their mind control tactics. This meant digital connectivity could amplify the money con artists extract from their victims by forming alliances with other con artists.
Teaming up with con artists leads to a significantly greater volume of content and distraction, such that victims of these con artists are more likely to remain trapped within the web of deceit, as well as being more convinced that their favorite con artist is legit.
Whenever you wish to know whether someone can be trusted, always remember this golden rule..."a man is judged by the company he keeps." This is a very important rule to remember because con men almost always belong to the same network. You will see the same con artists interviewing each other,referencing each other, (e.g. a hat tip) on the same blog rolls, attending the same conferences, mentioning their con artist peers, and so forth.
Rule #3: There's NO Free Lunch.
Whenever something is marketed as being "free" you can bet the item or service is either useless or else the ultimate price you'll pay will be much greater than if you had paid money for it in the beginning.
You should always seek to establish a monetary relationship with all vendors because this establishes a financial link between you the customer and the vendor. Therefore, the vendor will tend to serve and protect your best interests because you pay his bills.
Those who use the goods and services from vendors who offer their products for free will treated not as customers, but as products, because these vendors will exploit users who are obtaining their products for free in order to generate income.
Use of free emails, free social media, free content is all complete garbage designed to obtain your data and sell it to digital marketing firms.
From there you will be brainwashed with cleverly designed ads. You will be monitored and your identity wil eventually be stolen.
Fraudsters often pitch the "free" line in order to lure greedy people who think they can get something for free.
Perhaps now you understand why the system of globalized trade was named "free trade."
As you might appreciate, free trade has been a complete disaster and scam designed to enrich the wealthy at the expense of the poor.
There are too many examples of goods and services positioned as being free, when in reality, the customers get screwed.
Rule #4: Beware of Manipulation Using Word Games.
When manipulators want to get the masses to side with their propaganda and ditch more legitimate alternatives they often select psychologically relevant labels to indicate positive or negative impressions.
For instance, the financial parasites running America's medical-industrial complex have designated the term "socialized medicine" to replace the original, more accurate term, "universal healthcare." This play on words has been done to sway the masses from so much as even investigating universal healthcare, because the criminals want to keep defrauding people with their so-called "market-based" healthcare scam, which has accounted for the number one cause of personal bankruptcies in the USA for many years.
When Wall Street wanted to convince the American people to go along with NAFTA, they used the term "free trade" to describe the current system of trade which has devastated the U.S. labor force.
In reality, free trade is unfair trade and only benefits the wealthy and large corporations.
There are many examples on this play on words such as the "sharing economy" and so on.
Rule #5: Whenever Someone Promotes Something that Offers to Empower You, It's Usually a Scam.
This applies to the life coaches, self-help nonsense, libertarian pitches, FIRE movement, and so on.
If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
Unlike what the corporate fascists claim, we DO need government.
And no, you can NOT become financially independent and retire early unless you sell this con game to suckers.
Rule #6: "Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." –Mark Twain
Following this rule is forcing the small and dewindling group of intelligent people left in the world to cease interacting with people.
You might need to get accustomed to being alone if you're intelligent and would rather not waste your time arguing with someone who is so ignorant, that they have no chance to realize what's really going in this world.
It would seem that Dunning-Kruger has engulfed much of the population, especially in the West.
NOTE: Mike Stathis predicted the precise details of the financial crisis in his 2006 book, America's Financial Apocalypse.
The Jewish Mafia REFUSED to publish this landmark book because it exposed the widespread fraud committed by the Jewish Mafia.
Instead, the Jewish Mafia published useless marketing books written by their broken clock tribemen (like Peter Schiff's useless book which was wrong about most things and was written a year AFTER Stathis' book).
Stathis also released a book focusing on strategies to profit from the real estate collapse in early 2007.
The Jewish media crime bosses prefer to simply ignore those who speak the truth and threaten to expose them as the best way to hide the scams from the public.
In contrast, the Jewish media crime bosses continuously promote Jewish con men and clowns who have terrible track records as a way to enrich them all while steering the audience to their sponsors, most of which are Jewish Wall Street and related firms. Figure it out folks. It's not rocket science.
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So why does the media continue to BAN Stathis?
Why does the media constantly air con men who have lousy track records?
These are critical questions to be answered.
You need to confront the media with these questions.
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Bank of America’s buyout of Merrill Lynch seemed laughable to me - that is until I realized the full picture.
With a $50 billion all-stock deal valued at $29 per share, at first glance it might appear that Bank of America doesn’t stand to lose much considering its stock is at least 50% overvalued by my analysis.
However, even at an adjusted price of $25 billion, Bank of America will be responsible for absorbing all of Merrill’s losses. Good luck. But wait. They don’t need luck, they have the Fed.
I could care less about Merrill’s 49% stake in Blackrock. No financial institution is infallible under these conditions and only an idiot would rush in to buy Merrill at $50 billion. They are on the hook for a huge amount of mortgage securities. And their brokerage unit has been fighting a massive decline for years. In fact, I expected them to eventually sell it off.
While I can guarantee you all bank CEOs are lost in the woods, Bank of America’s CEO, Kenneth Lewis can’t be that stupid. Think about it. Lewis already committed to a buyout of troubled Countrywide well before he realized how bad things would get.
How much blind risk can Bank of America handle?
A lot if they are given a blank check by the Fed. And the fact is that they have been, along with the rest of the banking cartel.
I’m quite confident Lewis was approached by the Fed and U.S. Treasury with promises of extra assistance, if needed, in exchange for buying Merrill. That is precisely why the bank offered a 70% premium for the struggling firm. Think about it. Merrill was on its way to single digits so why not wait?
Better yet, why offer a 70% premium to its Friday closing price? This is the worst banking crisis in U.S. history and they’re offering 70% premiums?
It appears as if we are witnessing government bailouts using taxpayer money that are being deceitfully disguised as buyouts. Not just with the Merrill buyout but also this newly established $70 billion emergency bank fund, set aside to help out banks with future problems.
Where do you think this money is coming from?
The banks certainly don’t have it.
It is coming indirectly either from the Fed or the U.S. Treasury.
That is precisely why the Fed just opened up the types of securities for Schedule 2 auctions that can be used as collateral for borrowing from the Term Securities Lending Facility. Now all investment-grade securities can be pledged.
In addition, the amounts auctioned have been increased by $25 billion to $200 billion. The problem is that what may be investment-grade today could easily become junk next week. In fact, as I have stated in the past, we are going to see a huge junk bond market soon. Already, corporate defaults are soaring.
You see, the banking cartel – the guys that own the Federal Reserve – have been given a blank check and will make it through this crisis. JP Morgan Chase is already dealing with Bear Stearns so now it was time to ask Bank of America to take over Merrill. And while the money might not be coming directly from the U.S. Treasury, what’s the difference? Anyone holding dollars is getting screwed because all of this extra printing is destroying the currency.
I recall reading Friday an analyst form Citigroup stating Merrill’s “liquidity position is strong and that exposure to volatile businesses is lower relative to its peers.” See here.
If that’s the case, then it looks like all the banks are on the verge of complete failure. When are these analysts going to stop with their lies? By now, we should come to expect the Friday close of the next bank failure.
Now, let me show you an excerpt from a June 25, 2008 article I wrote. I want you to focus on the section titled, “A Final Word of Caution”….
“Those of you looking to make easy money in the financials like E-Trade (ETFC) need to think again. The risk is too high right now. I find it amazing how so many who have taken a long position in ETFC cite the company’s impressive book value as some sign of value or financial strength.
Understand that book value is used in the event of liquidation of assets in bankruptcy and therefore usually has no impact for common stock holders. In addition, book values of financials are meaningless since the banks have overvalued their debt.
Finally, book values typically have no way of fully accounting for the type of massive leverage the banks have built. If you were not aware of these basic facts, you really need to sit this one out, save your cash and wait for the next bull market, when nearly everyone does well.
Even Citibank (C) has considerable downside from here, as does Bank of America (BAC). Over the past year, I have made many recommendations to short the financials. Earlier in the year, my attention was focused on Lehman Brothers (LEH) and American International Group (AIG).
The story on these guys is far from over but I would wait for a rally before going short again. The next short to consider will be Merrill Lynch (MER). When MBIA (MBI) and Ambac (ABK) get another downgrade, MER will be in deep trouble due to their large exposure to insured mortgage debt.
That said, you might be wondering why MER is already near a year low. It’s quite simple. All that I have told you about Merrill’s risks is widely known. But that does not mean it can’t go lower. However, unless you are very experienced with shorting, you need to stay away from this strategy.
Will there ever be a time to pick up the financials?
I doubt I will bother to pick up any of these (other than for short-term trading) even when I sense the bottom has been reached because the climb back up is going to be very slow and small. The dilution that has and will continue to occur will crush earnings for many years.”
So which major bank will be next to go under?
Whatever bank that ends up being, Citigroup is certainly in no shape to help out. Even with the Fed’s printing presses they are going to struggle to survive. Most likely, Citi will sell off a few of its businesses before it’s all over.
So the question is - which member of the banking cartel will be asked to step in and buy Washington Mutual.
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Originally Published on March 13, 2012, Dividend Gems Opening Statement In late January the Federal Reserve Bank announced that it intended to keep short-term interest rates at current...
Last week, we showed how the Dividend Gems Recommended Securities List was holding up through the current market correction, from the time the May issue was released, through June 2. The performance o...
The winners keep on rolling in. The chart below shows the past 12 months of a stock I have loved for several years. Like many of my past small and mid cap growth stories, this one was un......
On April 5 before the U.S. market opened, we released the monthly issue of the Intelligent Investor; about 70 pages discussing everything from domestic and global economics, to currency, gold, silver,...
What is you knew when to sell the stock market in May and when to buy it back? If you knew this information, you wouldn't even need to know a thing about securities. All you would need to do is sell w...
While the 10-year U.S. Treasury Note continues to languish in a sea of global uncertainty, all while short-term interest rates remain at dangerously record-low levels, more than 200 U.S. listed securi......
Approximately three months weeks ago the U.S. markets began to correct. We warned about this first correction in the May issue of our firms paid research publications.
On Friday, Amerigroup (AGP) reported disappointing earnings partly due to an account error. However, after adjusting for this issue, earnings still came in considerably lower than consensus. The...
I'll be short about this because I have better things to do than devote my time to useless companies who boast a basic website as their main asset. For several years now, LinkedIn has blatantly v...
As the market has sold off over the past month, the Dividend Gems Recommended List has once again outperformed. Below are charts representing EVERY security in the Dividend Gems Recommended List so yo...
The market has been boosted recently by strong earnings from INTC and others. This latest round of earnings has largely dampened any negative sentiment that may have been rising due to so-so earnings,......
We wanted to take this opportunity to remind you about our newest investment newsletter, Dividend Gems.
Just some quick thoughts, nothing set in stone here. Earnings are starting to come in a bit "ify;" not so great, but not bad. Expectations are key. Starting to see a few m...
Wednesday, March 2nd: US (Fed’s Beige Book, MBA Mortgage Applications, Challenger Job Cuts, ADP Employment Change); EuroZone (Euro-Zone PPI); Latin America (Brazil rate decision). Thursd......
In the November 2010 issue of the Intelligent Investor newsletter, our Chief Investment and Trading Strategist, Mike Stathis added Atheros Communications (ATHR) to his recommended list. At......
(website issues are being addressed) Funds Flow Out of EM Equities and Into Bonds Emerging market (EM) assets showed mutual fund outflows of $1.4 billion in the week to 23 February 2011, with inflow......
As many of you know, we just launched the first issue of our newest investment newsletter in February called Dividend Gems. Given the recent correction in the market, we wanted to show the perf......
We will be releasing a commentary written by our Chief Investment Strategist, Mike Stathis some time this evening for subscribers of the Intelligent Investor and Market Forecaster newsletters. Mike......
Mike has added 2 new stocks to his recommendations contained in the Intelligent Investor, one soft line retailer and the other from high-tech. Subscribers who did not receive this brief report, pleas......
A couple of days ago I showed you how a stock I had been in and out of for over a year had performed since recommending another entry point in the January 2011 newsletter.
I'll be brief here. If you retrace the events over the past two years and you are familiar with the market activity, you will come across one recurring trend; the timeliness of bailouts and other meas...
Buy you ask? Yes. Not stocks, unless you’re talking about oil. And unless you’re the best of the best of traders you’ll probably want to buy the oil trusts, but only if you b...
I hate repeating myself over and over. Who doesn't right? Well, it's especially cumbersome to repeat oneself when the only form of communication you have is writing (albeit with extr...
I'll be concise here. The White House's recent 6-month ban on deep water drilling could send ripples throughout the industry, specifically for oil exploration firms that have a large amount of ul...
I've added this question to the website poll to the left, so I want to encourage you to take a stab. Before you place your vote, I will go ahead and tell you the answer is NOT Greece. So y...
I wanted to give you an overview of what I see today and explain how you should view things, emphasizing the need to understand your own investment strategy, because I know that those who read th...
As subscribers to the AVAIA newsletter know, the special report released on May 9 was quite accurate. In short, anyone who had access to the special report could have avoided up to an ...
A couple of weeks ago, I released a report discussing how I was able to get in on Merck for big gains, while virtually everyone else left the company for dead after the Vioxx scandal played out. /arti...
In the past, I have addressed the errors made by Peter Schiff's analysis of the economy and healthcare. For those of you who are still behind the curve and actually think Schiff...
Subscribers to the AVA Investment Analytics newsletter will be receiving a special report that discusses forward direction of the market, as well as analysis of selected securities. Thi...
In the Wall Street Investment Bible, I discussed other securities I that had a good chance of bankruptcy down the road (e.g. Blockbuster and Sirius Satellite). Regardless what ultimately happens...
Rather than a sigh of relief, Greece's bailout signals more to come from Eastern Europe. And rather than a more peaceful Greece, it the EU-IMF bailout is likely to result in major riots and...
Okay folks. I've been working on the May newsletter over the past few days and one of the securities submitted for analysis was Monsanto. I've actually meant to do some write-ups on the controversial...
I don't want to waste anymore time on this than I have to. Let me just say that the SEC's latest bogus attempt to prevent another securitized asset blow up is a complete joke. The SEC ...
Before I begin, I would like to say that most of you will need to actually study this article. You will need to read it and reread it. You will need to look at your own charts of the Dow.....
Here's an article discussing the fact that JP Morgan and Citigroup escalated the collapse of Lehman Brothers by increasing the collateral and altering terms and conditions for lending.
This is just a reminder to those who don't know about me.
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece discussing allegations of insider trading and illegal naked short selling of Washington Mutual, involving the banking cartel and potentially their hedge fund cli...
For years, investors boasted what a great company General Electric was. Even CEOs marveled at the company's ability to consistently deliver strong earnings growth despite its massive size....
This September 25th 2009 marked the one-year anniversary of Washington Mutual’s seizure, by the Office of Thrift Supervision (supposedly) as a result of insolvency (supposedly). Last year, on O...
My advice is to find some people who you trust; those with proven track records, those who are not tied to the television shows. Figure it out. You are only going to be misled by the mainstream med...
It’s extraordinarily rare to find a book that provides specific securities analysis, enabling investors to profit based upon the recommendations. One of the reasons this is such a rare event is...
Just off the press, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned about the critical juncture of the economy and has warned about spreading the propaganda of a recovery. http://finance.yahoo.......
I don't know if anyone read the two posts I made on Monday about healthcare and HMOs, but they were lost when the site was hacked since I did not have a backup that recent. Anyway, in cas...
That's right, I said free. I'll even pay for shipping. All you have to do is help yourself. Okay, so what does that mean?
I've been working feverishly trying to complete my healthcare book. It's been a very difficult challenge juggling this project off-and-on for three years.
To those of you who say it's impossible to time or forecast the market; to those of you who keep wasting your time reading and watching the clowns positioned as so-called "experts" by the me...
Despite a big boost in shares in after hours trading, Wednesday's (disappointing) earnings for the online auctioneer represent a continuing trend that will not be broken anytime soon. Yes, t...
Today after the bell, Intel's only major competitor AMD reported disappointing earnings, missing by a large mark. This confirms what I discussed in the recent report released to newsletter subscribers...
I ran across this ridiculous headline on Yahoo! Finance (which is nothing more than the CNBC of the Internet) and I wanted to make a few comments.
An article from the Huffington Post today claims that Ford is "secretly" in talks to sell Volvo. First, let me say that this is another example of the media trying to create the perceptio...
The following report was released on June 10th as a follow-up to subscribers to the June newsletter.
ATTENTION TRADERS: Options go on sale next week! Starting June 15, Bernie Schaeffer is releasing 10 hot trades targeting gains of +100% or more. And each trade will close by June 19. 5 Days 10 HO......
I ran across an interesting announcement that bodes well for Fidelity and KKR. But I’m willing to bet it will be a bad deal for unsuspecting Fidelity investors. Kolberg Krav...
Early last year, I made a prediction that seemed obvious, given what I knew about the banking system and the fate of the stock market. I predicted there would be thousands of hedge funds shutting down...
Just a note about my postings. Some of you may be wondering why I have been making so many posts about the media, while ignoring the market and economy. The reason is two-fold. First of all, u...
In the recent past, I have cautioned investors against becoming prey to the vultures seeking to exploit your desperation, panic, fear and in some cases, ignorance of what the future of the capital mar...
Many of you who have followed me and read my most recent books (The Wall Street Investment Bible/2009 and America’s Financial Apocalypse/2006 & 2007) know that I feel the SEC is beyond...
America’s Financial Apocalypse How to Profit from the Next Great Depression (also attached as a PDF below) Part I: America’...
I'm getting quite bored watching the latest economic headlines surface. Bored you say? Yes BORED.
The economy is bad and getting worse. And it certainly isn't going to improve by much for a long time. Sure, the government will fool many with it's bogus data. But at the end of the day, millions wil...
Printing more money won't solve America’s problems; quite the opposite. It's going to damage the economy further. And these effects will be lasting. You will see them soon. At the very least, we...
I haven't made any comments about these so-called stress tests for the banks because it was obvious (to me anyway) it was just the latest PR scam devised by Larry Summers (carried out by his puppet, G...
Last week I released a piece that no other (qualified) financial professional was willing to expose because (in my opinion) they don’t want the masses to know how event-driven media-hyped tradin...
It's been a while since I made any posts about the market because there hasn't been much to discuss. A few weeks ago, I mentioned that the 8200 level was fairly significant and represented a pivo......
I wanted to discuss this whole swine flu hype that’s been blown out of proportion to illustrate how the media creates illusions from what would seem to be valid information. This also relates to...
It’s a bit funny to see that the SIRI stock pumpers are still at it, despite facing nothing but absolute humiliation after making ridiculous claims and clinging onto their delusions of grandeur...
The news of Andrew Cuomo's letter to Congress revealing that former Treasury Secretary Paulson threatened to fire Bank of America's CEO Ken Lewis and oust the board if they tried to block the Mer...
Fact #5. Most of the Lost Jobs Will Not Return What no one seems to understand is the fact that these job losses are not temporary. Most of them simply aren’t coming back. I’ll guarantee...
In the previous part of this article we saw how what Buffett invests in doesn’t matter to you. Let’s look at an example how the media uses the Buffett name to make money. I’d like to...
I decided to check out a couple of these so-called tea parties so I could confirm what I already knew. Let me just say this. I was disgusted by the naive nature of those in attendence...
You might recall a recent article I wrote called "Madoff in Perspective" where I point out that the real Ponzi scheme is being ignored - that orchestrated by the financial industry. I also make...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More U.S. chief executives got pay raises than had their pay cut in 2008, a year when billions in taxpayer dollars went to prop up struggling companies and millions of workers...
I failed to post anything about the market rally on this site (since it's still not 100% up and running). But I did make a couple of brief posts elsewhere a couple of days ago. Basically wha...
It seems as if many have been fooled by those supporting the banks. The general argument that has been made is that mark-to-market accounting has been largely responsible for the banking mess since it...
The stock market (the DJIA) is now very close to fair value from a long-term perspective (if that even means anything to an individual investor, which it may not). Those who read America’s Finan...
Posting When It Matters I want to thank those of you who've patiently waited during my apparent hiatus. I certainly wasn't on vacation. I don't take vacations. As I've said in the past, I'm not one ....
NOTE: Mike Stathis predicted the precise details of the financial crisis in his 2006 book, America's Financial Apocalypse. The Jewish Mafia REFUSED to publish this landmark book because it...
Despite the strong closing bounce off the new intraday low of around 7400 reached on Friday, it’s likely the Dow has further downside. These lows may not occur for another 12-18 months.
This is the first time I’ve written anything about the Yahoo-Microsoft deal because I typically don’t allow myself to get distracted by noise. In fact, I’ve been receiving numerous e...
Blind Man’s Bluff Most of us have played Blind Man’s Bluff as children. It’s such a popular game among kids that several versions now exist. In case you don’t remember, here&r...
Bailout or Not. Depression is Upon Us McCain, along with Paulson, Bernanke, Bush and others are using scare tactics hoping to rush the approval of this historic banking bailout plan. Threats of a &ld...
Searching for Sanity Wall Street’s business model is broken. The high stakes game of Russian roulette which Wall Street never seemed to lose, is taking them down one by one. Commercial banks ar...
Bank of America’s buyout of Merrill Lynch seemed laughable to me - that is until I realized the full picture. With a $50 billion all-stock deal valued at $29 per share, at first glance...
Although not yet official, the verdict is on the way. Bear Stearns led the death march a few months ago. Now, Lehman’s bankruptcy filing signals the halfway mark of what will end up being the de...
I Repeat… I continue to be amazed by so many out there, from the pundits with their agendas to the so-called experts who zoom in on every grain of short-term optimism with an electron microsco...
Now we come to the Fannie/Freddie bailout. This is certainly a true bailout; not because taxpayers are on the hook for potentially $5.3 trillion, but because there was a moral hazard established once...
Let me be clear about a few things. First, regardless who wins the upcoming presidential election, there will be no real change in America. In order to really understand why you have to know what is g...
I’m not talking about the banks or even the retailers. We all know they will continue to slide. I’m talking about everything else. With no real median wage growth since 1999, and soaring...
Wall Street created this mess and they continue to mislead everyone who bothers to listen. But it will be Wall Street that signals a bottom if you know what to look for. Watch for massive down...
That’s right. You read it correctly. Now why would I say something that even most “experts” would laugh at? Because I want to point out once again how so many out there are in...
With all that’s happened with the real estate and banking crisis, the word “bailout” has been plastered throughout the media with little discussion of exactly what a bailout entails....
I advise investors to use this rally in the financials to your benefit. If you took recent long positions in the financials, you might consider selling soon. More experienced and aggressiv...
I've read and heard countless investors who have been thinking the banks were a "good deal" since the first big market sell off in January 2008. Since then many are down another 60% - some even more....
Yesterday, I discussed the consequences of the proposed bailout of Fannie and Freddie. While Paulson has hinted that there will be no government bailout for Freddie and Fannie, he clearly left t...
While some of the recommendations in this commentary may seem like no-brainers, its real purpose is to illustrate how investment themes relate to the bigger picture.
This article was originally written in 2008 as a followup to the material I first wrote about pertaining to US trade policy in my banned 2006 book, America's Financial Apocalypse. This book was...
With rare exception, investors should stay clear of traditional asset classes. If you haven’t already done so, you’d be wise to invest in commodities, gold, oil trusts, and foreign currenc...