http://www.theresilientinvestor.com/2009/04/the-underachiever%e2%80%99s-club/ Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:24:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theresilientinvestor.com/2009/04/the-underachiever%e2%80%99s-club/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Money Magazine – Annual Investor’s Guide Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:42:56 +0000 http://www.theresilientinvestor.com/?p=162#comment-169 [...] now, you may have noticed that consumer financial magazines such as Money, Smart Money and Fortune have published their 2011 Investor Guides.  These guides provide you with all the [...] [...] now, you may have noticed that consumer financial magazines such as Money, Smart Money and Fortune have published their 2011 Investor Guides.  These guides provide you with all the [...]

]]> http://www.theresilientinvestor.com/2009/04/the-underachiever%e2%80%99s-club/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Sean Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:45:54 +0000 http://www.theresilientinvestor.com/?p=162#comment-37 An interesting post. One thing to consider is that the purpose of media financial news is to sell commercials/advertisements and not to provide the best advice possible, there are some exceptions but especially for television it is a good rule. I recall an occasion where they were pointing out some financial news on television and made out the whole thing to be a big tragedy when in fact it was actually good news for the long term health of the company. An interesting post. One thing to consider is that the purpose of media financial news is to sell commercials/advertisements and not to provide the best advice possible, there are some exceptions but especially for television it is a good rule. I recall an occasion where they were pointing out some financial news on television and made out the whole thing to be a big tragedy when in fact it was actually good news for the long term health of the company.

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