“Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it” – Howard Mumford Jones
Over the past year, there has been an outcry from company executives and the investing public about short-selling. Short sellers have been blamed for reaping profits from the downfall of good companies with [...]

When speaking with friends and family recently, many of them are extremely bummed out by what’s going on in the market these days. Whether it’s an uncle who’s lost 40% of his net worth as he’s approaching retirement or a friend who bought her house in late 2006 and is now 15% underwater, the worries [...]