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How the financial advice industry takes advantage of unsuspecting investors – part 4

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by  Erik Conley

Investment Scams & Ponzi Schemes The financial advice industry does not have a monopoly on fraudulent practices. Wherever there are large sums of money moving around, there will always be people who resort ...

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The Most Powerful Force In The Universe

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by  Erik Conley

Legend has it that Albert Einstein once described compound interest as the most powerful force in the universe.  Whether or not he actually said it is open to debate, but the statement itself ...

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The HMO Industry Is Hot Right Now. Here’s Why.

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by  Erik Conley

The HMO industry is on a tear, according to Abhijit Ghosh at Zacks. This industry is currently ranked #16 out of 265 industries of Zacks Industry ranks (top 6%). In the last week ...

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How the financial advice industry takes advantage of unsuspecting investors – part 3

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by  Erik Conley

This is the 3rd installment in a series of essays about the darker side of the investment advice industry. (To see part 1 of this series, click here.) (To see part 2 of ...

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Has “buy the dip” stopped working?

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According to a story in Bloomberg News published on July 12, buying the dip may have stopped working in U.S. equities. “It’s not that there are fewer of them, it’s that declines have ...

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