Stock Capitalist

Les and Simon are a couple of “Stock Capitalists” that scour thru literally hundreds of stock market related sites, newsletters, e-mails, blogs, etc… and “siphon” out great ideas, quotes, recommendations, and stock market related information. They have been trading the stock market for more than 20 years and offer some of their insight and best articles of interest.

Posts Tagged ‘bernard-madoff’

Investigate before you invest

7th July 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Last week I caused a bit of a controversy on Fox News when I suggested that Bernie Madoff might do more good than harm in the long run – there are some good investing lessons for everyone to note….
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Enjoy!

How to avoid a Ponzi Scheme

27th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Great article by Gary D. Halbert
“What follows is a brief review of our due diligence process when we consider a money manager…”
Click Here
Enjoy!

Hedge Fund Blunders

17th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Thanks to M.G. for forwarding this one!
“If these managers are not focused on preservation of capital, they should not have the right to manage other people’s money”
Full Article

A special video message from Peter Schiff

8th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

His website has a lot of good free information. Browse around.
http://www.europac.net/videomessage.asp
As an added note, I found this article he wrote concerning Madoffvs the structure of the US government to be quite disturbing.
http://www.europac.net/externalframeset.asp?from=home&id=14928

SEC was warned about Madoff… years ago

7th January 2009 by Simon Comments Off

Wow! The official document.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/9189285/Markopolos-Madoff-Complaint
(here is an article on the whole story) http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article5466963.ece

Biggest Fraud in History $50 billion Madoff Ponzi Scheme :: The …

13th December 2008 by unknown 1 Comment

Madoff, a former chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market , was influential and his self-named securities firm cut a high profile in Wall Street circles. SEC inspectors would have performed regular inspections of his securities brokerage …