Record Wall Street Profits Are Not a Coincidence. You’re the Other Side of That Trade.
Every time Wall Street posts record trading revenue, someone is on the losing side of those bets. Spoiler: it’s not the guys in the corner offices. It’s you.
Financial Planning
Wall Street Is Recycling the 2008 Playbook and Your Pension Is the Target
UBS is bundling private credit into investment-grade bonds backed by insurance wrappers, and the rating agencies are playing along. Sound familiar? It should, because this is exactly what blew up the financial system in 2008.
SpaceX Stock Crashed and the TV Cheerleaders Are Already Moving On: Don’t Let Them
SpaceX dropped nearly 46% from its high and the same guy who called it a great deal on national TV has already forgotten he said it. I have not forgotten, and neither should you.
Apple Keeps Winning by Letting Everyone Else Fail First. Wall Street Never Learns.
The financial media and Wall Street analysts have been wrong about Apple’s strategy for years. I am going to tell you why their obsession with first-mover advantage is one of the most expensive myths they keep selling retail investors.
The Market Timing Scam: Wall Street Profits From Your Fear While You Miss Every Rally
They want you scared. A frightened investor is a profitable investor, at least for the people managing your money. Let me tell you about my crystal ball.
They Are Selling You a Promise They Cannot Keep and Hoping You Never Read the Fine Print
Wall Street is running radio ads and handing out glossy brochures promising guaranteed returns, and the regulators are apparently just fine with all of it. I am not.
Wall Street Calls It ‘Financial Planning’ Because That Phrase Sells Products. Here Is What You Actually Need.
The financial industry has spent decades selling you a concept called financial planning. I am going to tell you why that phrase is designed to benefit them, not you, and what real financial preparation actually looks like.
Wall Street’s Oldest Con: They Find Your Greed Button and Drain Your Account
The mob figured it out decades ago, and Wall Street has been running the same playbook ever since. They find what you want most, they promise it to you, and then they take everything you have. After 26 years, I’m still watching it happen.
BNPL Is a Legal Debt Trap and Wall Street Sold It to You as a Convenience Feature
Nearly half of Buy Now, Pay Later users are already paying late, people are financing groceries with these things, and the financial media spent years cheerleading for the companies behind it. I told you so is not satisfaction. It is frustration.
Private Equity Is Stuck and You Might Be Paying the Price Without Knowing It
Private equity has 13,500 unsold companies clogging its pipeline and a nine-year timeline to clear the mess. Meanwhile, investors are locked in and still getting charged fees on assets that cannot be sold.