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Day-Trading is a Total Scam. Don’t Fall For the Pitch

April 20, 2011

I constantly hear radio spots for getting rich day-trading.  The claims on the commercials are so outrageous, I can’t even believe the FTC allows it.  If you listen to satellite radio at all, you’ll know exactly which ads I’m referring to; they play a repeating cycle virtually every commercial break.  They often start off with […]

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Darwin’s Portfolio October Update – It’s a Winner!

October 20, 2010

I’ve been updating on my portfolio performance monthly (see updates here) by showing what an even-weighted portfolio of my long stock holdings would do against the S&P500 index, which most professional money managers fail to beat over time.  Thus far this year, both my long holdings and my total portfolio performance (includes options trades, shorting […]

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Worst. Trade. EVER! …

October 18, 2010

CNBC is running a decent series this week on the Worst Trade Ever by various key industry leaders.  Warren Buffett’s story today was pretty neat.  He went into how he bought out a textile company early on basically due to emotion (the head of the company really pissed him off) and that company (Berkshire Hathaway! […]

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Hindenburg Omen: Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?

October 14, 2010

Being a continuous doomsayer on markets and the global state of affairs is appealing to many.  It sounds cool.  It makes you seem like you know how the world really works and nobody else knows what the hell they’re talking about.  You’re calling out the media and that “Wall Street Machine” for their positive propaganda.  […]

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Dividends = 43% of Total Stock Market Returns [Graphic]

September 6, 2010

Dividends accounted for 43% of the total return in the stock market over the past 20 years.  With the S&P500 as a proxy, almost half of the total return of 394% was due to these dividend payouts.  I’d heard anecdotally over the years that dividends accounted for various portions of total return, but this is […]

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How to Invest in Cuba – Obama Warming to Cuba Travel?

August 17, 2010

How to Invest in Cuba will soon be a standard investor question once the press starts talking about how Obama’s going to open the flood gates for easing travel restrictions.  Presently, it’s illegal to even spend any money in Cuba, which essentially means an outright travel ban, but today there were some sources citing an […]

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