Wall Street Wins at the Expense of Main Street; AGAIN

Fresh off the press, Bank of America basically gets a "get out of jail" free card for securities fraud and criminal indictments by BAC and MER executives by sending a few million dollars to...

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More Incompetence from the SEC

Last week, a federal judge dismissed an insider trading case made by the SEC against Mark Cuban.  I discussed this case several weeks ago.  "U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fit...

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Real Estate, Rabbis, Mayors, Money and Body Parts

Perhaps you've heard about New Jersey's latest case of corruption. It involves three mayors, five Jewish Rabbis, money laundering, bribes and human organ sales; and not just in Jersey, This drama...

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Get Ready for More Fraud

I don't know if you've heard about the state of California's issuance of numerous IOUs over the past several months as a desperate plea to stay afloat.

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Bill Gross' Bailout

Have a look at Gross’ Total Return Fund’s top 10 holdings. Recall this is the world’s largest mutual fund.

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Ron Insana 3-time Loser

In 2006, Ron Insana’s “popularity” with the sheep viewers of CNBC led to his resignation in order to start a fund of hedge funds (FoF). I don’t know the details of this arrang...

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Study-Related Health Care at No Cost

That’s what the envelope states in large bold faced print I recently received. I was naturally curious so I opened it. Perhaps I was a bit naïve but I thought it had to do with some offer t...

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More Vultures: Martin Weiss

You may recall a few previous articles I've posted on the vultures out there that prey on your desperation. Some of the most dangerous wolves of the pack are the investment newsletters, and there are...

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Don't Be Fooled

The SEC has formally charged Angelo Mozilo, former CEO of Countrywide Financial, with fraud related to the mortgage debacle. 

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More Email Scams

By now, surely everyone knows about the infamous Nigerian email scams. But were you aware that these scams have cleared hundreds of millions of dollars (if not more) in just a few years time? &nb...

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Cuban's Shame

You might have heard about Dallas Mavericks owner, media owner, and dotcom lotto winner Mark Cuban's alleged case of insider trading by the SEC.  If not, I made reference to in a recent pie...

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Too Big to Fail? Says Who?

It’s a nice scare tactic to feed to Americans. How does Washington know they are too big to fail? How does Washington know their failure would be worse than the consequences of a governmen...

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History Always Repeats

Can you imagine what would happen to the bank, Wall Street, real estate and mortgage executives if they were in China? They wouldn’t be around by now. But this is America, where CEOs commit acco...

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Email Response to Navellier's Disasterous Investment Advice

Below is a marketing piece sent via email by Louis Navallier - one of these newsletter clowns who have no Wall Street experience and who look to make money from your greed. 

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Blast from the Past (March 2006): Corporate Fraud Endorsed by the US Government

In my relatively brief years in the real world, I think I have been fortunate enough to have learned how some things work, like the U.S. capitalist and political systems. It’s not a pleasant rea...

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