Archive for the 'Wealth Literacy' Category

Business School Curricula Today Lacks Real Critical Knowledge to Survive the Global Economic Crisis

Monday, January 16th, 2012

“College isn’t the place to go for ideas” – Helen Keller “It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.” – Alec Bourne. “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain In Part 3 of my critical thinking and education series, I am [...]

The Hidden Dark Agenda of Public Education

Friday, January 13th, 2012

“An alien collectivist (socialist) philosophy, much of which came from Europe, crashed onto the shores of our nation, bringing with it radical changes in economics, politics, and education, funded – surprisingly enough – by several wealthy American families and their tax-exempt foundations. The goal of these wealthy families and their foundations – a seamless non-competitive [...]

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The Coming Paradigm Shift in Higher Education
The Hidden Dark Agenda of Public Education
U.S. Education Bubble
Read more on Education in the US at Wikinvest

How Bankers Use Partisan Politics to Cause Division Among Us

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

Below in Volume 3 of my series, “The Truth Chronicles”, I discuss the pitfalls of falling victim to the bankster ruse of their use of partisan politics to cause division among the 99% of us that are victims of their deceive and steal scams. If you want to spread the word, please make sure you [...]

Everything I Learned About Succeeding in Business, I Learned Outside of the Institutional Academic System

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

In a recent US study called “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses”, researchers studied more than 2,300 students that attended 29 different US universities. Here is what they concluded: (1) 45% of the students showed no gains in learning the first two years of college, and (2) 36% gained little learning even after four [...]

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The Coming Paradigm Shift in Higher Education
The Hidden Dark Agenda of Public Education
U.S. Education Bubble
Read more on Education in the US at Wikinvest

The Astounding Failure of the US Educational System, Part 2

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

After observing the considerable amount of interest over my most recent article, The Astounding Failure of the US Educational System, I have decidedto extend that article into a 3-part series. Here’s Part 2. Normally I don’t read all the comments on the articles I post due to time constraints. I usually skim them from time [...]

Inside the Illusory Empire of the Banking Commodity Con Game

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

“What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life. There’s something wrong with the world. You don’t know what it is, but it’s there, like a splinter in you mind, driving you mad” – Morpheus By the time you finish reading this article, you may discover that you [...]

The Massive Disconnect – Why Today’s Stock Markets are All About Confidence & Gullibility

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Sometimes despite knowing of the historical precedents that illustrate that public masses are easily deceived at times regarding massive lies, I still have a difficult time comprehending how any intelligent person can possibly buy into the statement of Goldman Sachs’s chairwoman of the investment policy committee, Abby Cohen, that, “We do think the new bull [...]

The Underground Investor™ Database Archives

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

We’ve moved the archives to the bottom of the page but they are still here. Of course you may always access the archives by clicking on the listed categories in the left hand column of this page as well. Learn the best ways to invest money during the developing dollar crisis, possible stock market crash, [...]

How the SEC Can End the Deceitful Practice of “Window Dressing”

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

There are certain widespread practices that have existed in the financial industry for many years that seem to have no purpose but to defraud the retail investor that I’ve often wondered how they can still be legal. Window dressing is one such practice and as we approach the end of the second quarter 2009, now [...]

Hidden Conflicts of Interest Often Provide the Motive for Financial Experts’ Statements

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Often, during confusing economic times, people turn to icons in the investment world such as Warren Buffet and bond king Bill Gross for direction and blindly absorb the opinions of such men as their own without any critical analysis. To allow a handful of prominent men to guide the direction of public debate regarding our [...]

In Today’s Difficult Investment Environments, Technical and Fundamental Analysis Alone Won’t Work

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

18 February, 2009 In an extremely difficult investment environment, it is often difficult to know who to believe. Deflation or inflation? Have financial stocks bottomed or do they have much more to fall? When gold corrects sharply, is the gold bull over or still alive? Is oil heading to $20 a barrel or $80 a [...]

The Two Best Investment Rules for Volatile Markets, & Why You Should NEVER Let Losses Run

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

July 16, 2008 There are two rules that every investor should abide by not only in volatile markets, but in any type of market: (1) Keep your losses small and cut your losses early and (2) Let your profitable investments ride. So why is it so difficult for the average investor to abide by these [...]

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Stock Market Volatility: No End in Sight
U.S. Stock Market Volatility Since 1928
How To Profitably Trade The VIX In 2012
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Why Following the Leaders Will Generate More Portfolio Losses

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

July 10, 2008 – If you’ve suffered stock losses this year, this will be the most important article you will read. Back on April 23, 2008, I wrote an article called “Will the U.S. Markets Crash Now – Or Later?” and I opened the article with the statement: “Every time I’ve written about the imminent [...]