Title: Why You Should Ignore Stock Recommendations from "Experts" (Free Money Finance)
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March 03, 2011
Why You Should Ignore Stock Recommendations from "Experts"
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Content: For example, my husband loves the fact that Jim Cramer goes over details that my husband didn't know, but he'd never just rush out and buy Cramer's stock picks. Isn't the old presidential saying "Trust but Verify"? ;-) Posted by: Crystal @ BFS | March 03, 2011 at 09:31 AM
I still read KIPLINGERS on occasion but they took a huge respectability hit with me for their value investing column that was written by a couple of hedge fund managers who seemed to enthusiastically push Borders stock every single month. Turns out those same hedge fund managers had a large financial stake in Borders. Seems like a conflict of interest to me. I hope they lost their shirts. Posted by: MonkeyMonk | March 03, 2011 at 10:29 AM
This can never be publicized enough. Most professional managers-- of individuals' money or of mutual funds-- fail to beat the appropriate index over any long period of time.