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4 Market Lessons from This Rocky Period

Which begs the question - why would anybody in their right mind follow fundamental analysis of companies and rely on such data, including earnings "estimates" to invest money? That is reckless thinking in our current manipulated markets. Wall Street is becoming clogged by spoiled little children known as shareholder "activists." Stir in the removal of the uptick rule and out-of-control hedge funds. And sadly, the total and complete failure of the SEC to even understand so many of the financial products that have hit the markets in the past ten years, especially in the fixed-income markets, and nothing more than a total disaster is now waiting to blowup. And where is the "regulation" (using the term very loosly) by the CFTC????

In a world of $50 Billion Warren Buffetts adding $10 Billion in a year, Billion dollar Wall Street CEO bonuses and $150 million "severance packages" not to mention the Clintons recent revelation of their $100 million "payday," the question remains: How are you going to get yours? If you're still thinking about "efficient markets" I'm sure somebody has a nice bridge they would like to sell you today, toll booths included.