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Dear Class of ’13: You’ve been scammed; Commentary: How the College-Industrial Complex drove tuition so high
MarketWatchClass of 2013,No one else is going to tell you this, so I might as well.You sit here today, $30,000 or $40,000 in debt, as the latest victims of what may well be the biggest conspiracy in U.S. history. It is a conspiracy so big and powerful ...
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The news media is even worse than you think; 5 corrupting influences are keeping the public from the facts
MarketWatchAnyone who feels cynical about the U.S. media has been having a good few weeks.There have been the high profile goofs — by CNN, in its coverage of the Boston bombings, and by Howard Kurtz, the famous media “critic,” in a blog post about gay ...
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Save your kids from financial disaster; Young people need financial education more than ever
MarketWatch“Pathetic.”That’s the succinct verdict of Wall Street legend Muriel “Mickie” Siebert, when asked to describe the state of financial education in our schools today.
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Why everyone is wrong about austerity; Mistakes in the war over government debt aren’t limited to spreadsheets
MarketWatchHave you heard? Wonderful, wonderful news. The economic “austerians” have been defeated!The deficit cutters and budget balancers have been routed in the field of economics. All those worries about government debts have been debunked. It ...
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The Boston bombing and ‘black swans’; Commentary: Role of risk in our lives is little understood
MarketWatchHuman beings seem to have a real problem with the idea of risk. We can’t get it into perspective. We worry about the wrong things and the wrong dangers. It’s a massive problem for investors, and it’s a problem in other parts of our lives. ...
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The truth about Margaret Thatcher; Commentary: What the ‘Iron Lady’ meant for Britain
MarketWatchMost of the people criticizing Margaret Thatcher, who died on Monday, have one thing in common: They never lived in Britain before she came on the scene to transform it.
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Mom and pop: The world’s worst investors; Commentary: They buy high, sell low, and the ending is predictable
MarketWatchOh, brother.I don’t know Mark Villa and Lucie White, a pair of doctors in Houston, Texas, who were featured in a big story in our sister publication, The Wall Street Journal, a few days ago.
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The latest bold bet from ‘The 400% Man’; Commentary: Why a top stock picker believes in Bank of America
MarketWatchWho was gutsy enough to load up on Bank of America stock when it collapsed in late 2011?Allan Mecham, that’s who.The so-called 400% Man, a nickname that refers to his astounding returns since the turn of the century, is the manager of the ...
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The real threat to Apple; Commentary: Google’s Chromebook could upend the tech economy
MarketWatchFor the past few weeks, I’ve been using a lightweight laptop made by Samsung called the Google Chromebook.And it’s serious trouble for everyone in the tech business — including Google and Samsung , I suspect.
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The secret bull market in gold; Commentary: Why the precious metal’s run isn’t finished just yet
MarketWatchHave you heard about the new boom in gold?You won’t hear about it in the usual places. Everywhere you turn these days, all you hear is that gold is down, it’s finished, it’s heading for something called a “death cross,” which sounds ...
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Are speculators really driving up gasoline prices? Commentary: Why the Great Oil Conspiracy doesn’t quite add up
MarketWatchHave you heard about the great conspiracy behind gasoline prices?Apparently, it’s the one that’s causing prices to skyrocket at the pumps. Gas is up about 50 cents so far this year, hitting an average of about $3.80 a gallon nationwide.
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Danger as stock-market ‘Greedometer’ flashes red; Commentary: Key indicators look ominous for the market
MarketWatch“Danger, the emergency destruct sequence has now been activated. The ship will self-destruct in t-minus, ten minutes. The option to override automatic detonation will expire in t-minus, five minutes...” — Mother, “Alien” (1979)
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The 5 biggest lies on Wall Street; Commentary: These market myths are doing the rounds — again
MarketWatchFixes label on corporate debt chart.The Dow popped back above 14,000 this week. The market’s been booming all year. Small cap stocks just hit a new all-time high, and Mom and Pop have been jumping back into the market.
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