Previously, I discussed the fact that what Warren Buffett invests in doesn’t matter to you. Then I followed up by explaining how the media uses Buffett to make money. Here, I complete the lesson by showing you how Buffett uses the media to cash in. Similar to Britney Spears and other “celebrities,” Buffett also benefits from Hollywood antics. You see, Buffett has been made into a financial celebrity, just as Alan Greenspan and many others have. Media exposure is just as good for Britney’s record sales as it is for shares of Berkshire Hathaway. It’s a two-way street of profits. The media creates big name financial celebrities in order to draw a big audience. A big audience drives big ad revenues. And financial celebrities like Buffett benefit because inv...

UPDATED Note on March 9, 2018: As I have previously demonstrated, the so-called "experts" in the financial media are little more than professional marketers who promote a ridiculous doomsday narrative as a means by which to lure suckers into buying their books. The dirty secret is that most of them make the majority of their income from book sales (Peter Schiff, Jim Rickards, Jim Rogers, Harry Dent).  This alone is deceptive and could be considered fraud because the media positions these clowns as analysts, although they are actually marketing professionals, public speakers and authors (although I can assure you not a single one of these clowns has written any of their books). Remember, guys who spend the majority of their time being interviewed, giving speeches and writi...

Those who are unfamiliar with me can find out more about my credentials, my background, as well as my investment research track record here, here, and here. Examine Mike Stathis' unmatched track record of predicting the 2008 financial crisis, enabling investors to capture life-changing profits by checking here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 11, 2008 Rick Newman, Yahoo Finance The following email was in response to an email I received which was in response to my first email, in which I brought up having been black balled by all media for no reason other than to p...

Those who are unfamiliar with me can find out more about my credentials, my background, as well as my investment research track record here, here, and here. Examine Mike Stathis' unmatched track record of predicting the 2008 financial crisis, enabling investors to capture life-changing profits by checking here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perhaps you remember Bill Miller. From 1991 through 2005, Legg Mason’s Bill Miller was (allegedly) the only mutual fund manager to have beaten the S&P 500 Index each year for that 15-year period (allegedly).

  Have you ever wondered why most people get screwed in the stock market? Most who lose their ass in the stock market rarely blame the real culprits. So who are the real culprits? Well, if you pay attention to the financial media, then you have your answer. (video is below) Send this video to Aaron Task altask@yahoo.com     __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mike Stathis holds the best investment forecasting track record in the world since 2006. View Mike Stathis' Track Record here, here, here and here. Check here to download Chapter 12 of Cashing in on the Real Estate Bubble.   This is the chapter that shows where Mike recommended shorting Fan...

A few years ago, we pointed out that the Recommended Securities List created and managed by MIke Stathis, the chief strategist and analyst of AVA Investment Analytics, included the best performing stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  The stock was McDonalds (MCD).  And it returned 31% in 2011. Since then, Mike has successfully navigated research clients in and out of MCD, enabling significant reductions in the total cost basis of the stock. Did You Own the BEST PERFORMING Stock in 2011? WE DID Ever since we have been publishing our Recommended Securities Lists, in addition to the accurate active management guidance contained in the research, numerous securities have provided bonus returns for subscribers after having been bought out.  Just a couple examples hav...

Check the image library for dozens of additional annotated images which illustrate what a liar, idiot and fraud Kiyosaki is.  Click the empty box below and wait for the video to load Why Robert Kiyosaki is a Fraud (Bullet Points) The following is a quick list off the top of my head and some added when I was watching a couple of videos (cited below).  This list will be expanded upon in the future. If you have points to add please email us and include a link to the source.   He claims 401ks are a scam (this is part of his ploy to convince people to get into real estate in order to buy his books and attend his cash flow, real estate, wealth seminar scams, as well as to make money as a paid speaker to pump gold and silver). He claims having a job i......

I ran across a link to an article from Forbes and I got so upset I wanted to share it with you so you could see how low the financial media stoops to brainwash people, creating a new generation of sheep, while promoting their financial sponsors.    The reason why I became so upset at this advertisement (disguised as an article) is because it targets kids and brainwashes parents to think that kids should be spending their online time "more wisely" by learning about investments.    "Your children already spend way too much time on the Web. Why not start them on some fund Web sites that teach them sound investment principals."    Yea! Great idea!  NOT.   What a manipulative, dirty, filthy ad. The "author" is such a HACK.

The article is of just one more of the thousands that the financial media continues to churn out about what a great investor Warren Buffett is. 

Seizing upon his media “celebrity,” (which essentially means you have sheep lining up for your perceived expertise, created solely by being seen on television) Dent formed an ETF in 2009 called the Dent Tactical ETF (DENT). This is one of those actively managed ETFs you may have heard about.   View Mike Stathis' Track Record here, here, here, here, here, here and here.   Membership Resources     __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mike Stathis holds the best investment forecasting track record in the world since 2006. View Mike Stathis' Track Record here, here, here, here, here, here and here.   Check here to download Chapter 12...

Meredith Whitney is back after nearly ten years of hiding from the public eye.  Most of you probably don't know or even remember Whitney.  She became one the financial media's so-called experts after making a basic prediction in October 2007 that Citigroup would need to cut its dividend. Her reasoning was based on the notion that the bank's profits would not be able to cover the dividend.   Given that she was referring to the common stock, it's important to note that dividend cuts are quite common and do not necessarily point to deep issues within the firm.  At the time Whitney was working as a banking analyst for Oppenheimer.  From this very basic prediction by Whitney, the media later credited her as having predicted the collapse of the banks during t......

Some readers have made remarks here and there, like "yes we know the media is full of ****."   Well, amazing as it seems (to me) after writing extensively about the topic, many people still don't seem to get the message. The message is not only that the media is filled with liars and idiots, all hand-selected specifically to exploit its audience for the benefit of its financial sponsors, BUT ALSO that you must not allow this to continue. You must fight back. I would have thought people would have done something about it, like contact them non-stop and demand an end to the hacks, liars and clowns, all of which have terrible track records. Obviously, the fewer people who know about this site, the smaller the force to counter the media.

In the past I have discussed ridiculous inaccuracy of Robert Prechter's track record. Once you become as familiar with the entire investment copyediting industry, you will realize that all of these guys have track records as bad as Robert Prechter.

Did you get in on the gold break out? We did. The following is part of the gold forecast we presented in the August 2012 Intelligent Investor (published on August 6, 2012).

One of the easiest ways to get a good sense of how stupid and naive the general public has become is to note how close financial media resembles trash TV. For instance, instead of credible experts with proven track records of excellence, the financial media most often airs broken clock salesmen who are       Mike Stathis holds the best investment forecasting track record in the world since 2006. View Mike Stathis' Track Record here, here, here and here. Check here to download Chapter 12 of Cashing in on the Real Estate Bubble.   View Mike Stathis' Track Record here, here, here and here.   Check here also  Stathis Nails The Dec 2014 Market Selloff With Stunning Accuracy

In my last piece, I think I made it clear that the vast majority of economists are not only clueless, but very dangerous to your financial health. Make no mistake. At best they are broadcasters not forecasters. They’re better equipped working with historians to document events after they’ve happened. Yet, the media keeps them in the spotlight when reporting what to expect, even after history has shown they always fail to deliver.

This article was originally published on March 19, 2010, but I have decided to repost it because it's getting ready interesting. I encourage you all to ask Mish why he would not want to mention the WaMu fraud I reported in my SEC complaint.  As the insider trading case is obvious and I am willing to bet any amount of money to anyone on this. The SEC holds the evidence. I also claimed that WaMu was NOT insolvent.  As we now know, according to court testimony from JPMorgan, WaMu was in fact NOT insolvent. So why isn't the seizure and fire sale reversed?    

Although I'm buried in work, I just had to stop and take some time to write a piece demonstrating another example how the forces out there are against you. They are vultures, and they seek

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 it. The only jobs that will return are those that no one wants; the low-paying, no benefits, dead-end jobs. It’s the same situation that played out after the dotcom collapse. This is part of the reason why there’s been no real recovery since 2001. As I discussed in America’s Financial Apocalypse, it was all an illusion fueled by a real estate bubble. It was another one of Greenspan’s bubble.  

I've been telling you that all of the alternatives to Wall Street, whether it's the online brokers like Charles Schwab or E-Trade, the financial pundits in the media, or the traditional investment newsletter guys - are all sleeping in the same bed together.  Why might this be? because the best way to make the most money is to unite! Later on, you might want to refresh your memory how the media acts to screw you, by checking this list of media articles. Today, I provide another eye-opening look at the deep relations that all of the guys in the media club have with each other.  First, let's go back a year when I wrote about Martin Weiss.