Although Michael Kubin is a financial writer, his op-ed piece in the NY Times of Dec. 11, 2010, “The Ponzi Scheme That Changed My Life,” was not standard dispassionate reporting. He was, you see, a victim of Bernard Madoff’s far-flung crimes. He described the searing pain of his loss, and he concluded with steps he [...]
As long-time clients know, I’m not a big fan of stock brokers. But even I was surprised by a sub-head for a Wall Street Journal article that ran on 12/6/10. It read, “Right now, securities firms don’t have to put investors’ interests first. New regulations may change that – and Wall Street isn’t happy.” Not [...]
Last week Kathy Daly, Vice President here at Weber Asset Management, attended a Financial Advisor Symposium in Orlando. The lead-off speaker was Ned Davis, whose institutional research firm Ned Davis Research has a long and respected record of sizing up stock market trends using objective data points. As befits a market technician, his speech was [...]
