As more and more people learn how Wall Street's Specialist / Market-maker systems really work, steering clear of stock market temptations will continue. Wall Street markets aren't really markets as much as they are merchandising operations, designed to route dollars from our pockets into theirs. As long as short-sellin...more

Wall Street is simply a casino, and always has been. A casino occaisionally allows a few people to win in order to entice the millions of people who lose their shirts. Real markets don't have short-selling, credit-default swaps, and other forms of capitalizing on destruction. Easy money is a Devil's bargain. If Wall St...more