Monday, July 19, 2010

Investing Today

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Investing today is different than any other time in history. Today's investing is rife with market manipulators. While they are under the radar, I think that most investors know they are there. I think they have always been there, it's just that now it's done on a more grand scale and won't be identified by the regulators either because they turn a blind eye, are part of it, or because they are just downright stupid. I kind of compare the stock market investing environment that we invest in today to Michael Jackson.

You see, when Michael Jackson became the King of Pop, there was a story in the paper every day. Everybody thought he was a crazy because any story is a good story, whether it's freaky or not. Then, the next thing we know Brittany Spears is getting the same story a day coverage. Before you know it, Mel Gibson is a daily story and then it's your every day Hollywood star. It's gotten out of hand because the PR people that handled these people told other people or trained them to do the same thing.

It's no different than the stock market. The ideas that people used to make money investing in the market today that were kind of more manipulative have just been amplified. In fact, I believe that the whole banking crisis was a by product of this very behavior. We're being duped that financial reform will fix all of that but I don't believe it for a minute. Why? Because the people who are drafting the rules are the same people skirting them -- building in ways around them.

The key for us, as small investors is just to be alert and to know that they are there. To be skeptical of every piece of information we receive and to make our own decisions. Study the market and be your own source of information. You'll be better off for it.

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