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I couldn’t believe my eyes this past month when I saw the infamous Henry Blodget being quoted as expert on American Online and their new foray into making their service free. This guy has more lives than Jason Voorhees. I cannot understand for the life of me why the Wall Street Journal would go to […]
In a story reminiscent of the classic Tommy Flannigan Pathological Liar character on Saturday Night Live played by Jon Lovitz. Ladies and gentlemen I give you Frank S. Marone, pathological liar extraordinaire. This guy would give old Tommy Flannigan a run for his money. The New York Post reported that a former Merrill Lynch stock […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission held it’s first ever Senior Summit on July 17 to discuss what we have been reporting on and warning people about for years, the widespread abuse of senior citizens by crooked brokers and so-called investment advisors. SEC chairman Christopher Cox actually used some of the fire and brimstone language that […]
It was a busy month for investment scams. But when isn’t it? After plowing through several similar high yield investment scams from different areas around the country I got curious so I typed “high yield investment program” into Google and up popped 21.6 million results. Think about it… 21.6 million opportunities to lose your shirt. […]
Imagine what would happen if the punishment for robbing a bank was modeled after what Eliot Spitzer is now expecting out of the major brokerage firms. In the future all get-a-way vehicles must be at least 100 yards away from all banks. This is in order to give the over-weight security guards an opportunity to […]
The president signed into law a $70 billion tax cut bill May 17 that extends until 2010 the tax treatment of 15% for stock dividends and long-term capital gains through the year 2010. the bill also extends, for this year the changes to the alternative minimum tax that will keep 15 million taxpayers from being […]
There are many different tools at individual’s disposal when constructing their estate. Each one has a specific purpose and there is no one size fits all tool. The following are tools that individuals can employ. TRUSTS Revocable living trust-Protects privacy by avoiding probate. Client maintains asset control; no asset or liability protection Off-shore trust- Flexibility; […]
There are many different tools at individual’s disposal when constructing their estate. Each one has a specific purpose and there is no one size fits all tool. The following are tools that individuals can employ. TRUSTS Revocable living trust-Protects privacy by avoiding probate. Client maintains asset control; no asset or liability protection Off-shore trust- Flexibility; […]
One of our goals at Markowski Investments and the Watchdog on Wall Street Radio Show is to communicate to the best of our ability four specific “Rules of the Road” for individuals’ success in investing. The rules are as follows… Rule #1 Compounding,the royal road to riches. Utilize the best safe yields you can find […]
In the Book of Genesis, God gives Adam and Eve dominion over all the earth, forbidding them only from tasting the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. And for a moment, their innocence is perfect. Then, being only human, they succumb, and bite the apple. This is the original transgression, and when they […]
More Trouble from the Firm with the Aging Hippies in Their Ad Campaign The Wall Street Journal reported that a group of Exxon Mobil Corp. employees who claimed that their broker pushed them into unsuitable risky investments were awarded $22 million, including $3.5 million in punitive damages. This happens to be one of the largest […]
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… Companies that sold pet food online, web portals geared toward left-handed vegetarian cross-dressers, and just about any company that held the criteria of having a dot com attached to it and was led by some “visionary” 22 year-old with a goat-tee and black turtleneck had […]