When it comes to investing columns, thank goodness for the cynics! I’m not just saying that because I’m also a cynic, but along with positive news often comes a lot of hype and fluff. Cynics have the unenviable task of having to prove their negative assertions by rigorous research and logical explanations more so than their salesmen-like counterparts!
I’ve been looking for an opportunity to introduce Chuck Jaffe’s writing to my readers, and his recent article about fund manager cover-up phrases really enlightened me to the politically correct double-talk that fund …

I miss Herb Greenberg’s articles. If you didn’t know, he’s on summer vacation at the moment. I wanted to dissect the good, the bad and the ugly about the investment media out there in part because of heroes like him doing his part fighting for, and educating the un-informed masses.
I bookmarked 2 recent Greenberg articles and just re-read them tonight. Thought I’d share with you some of my thoughts about the good media out there! (Unless you think I’m always being critical, and cynical) The first must-read is an educational …

I’ve often voiced my displeasure for the way Canadian brokerage firms mistreat their customers with high fees, poor tools and poor services. You can find the many dissatisfied customer comments on my previous post regarding the TD Waterhouse / Ameritrade merger.
But those same brokerage firms insist that they are improving their services. For example, here’s TD Waterhouse telling you what they’re doing for their customers in their own words!

Did you notice anything new or different about Investorial’s homepage today? I’m test driving Yahoo’s new stock chart badges. Yahoo generated buzz last month that they would be allowing webmasters and bloggers to incorporate such a feature on their sites. Amist all the hoopla today regarding the overhaul of Yahoo!’s homepage and the Yahoo Finance site, you should also know that the anticipated stock chart service is now live!
First thoughts? The design and colors look really nice, and it’s very easy to customize the badge to fit your needs. Although …

Reading blogs have been a great way for me to see different perspectivies. But there are some perspectives that I’d have rather not witnessed. It’s like those television shows that you watch; and then realizing that it has robbed you of precious time that you will never get back.
I don’t think I’ve ever pointed out someone so succintly in the personal finance / investment blogs universe yet, but after reading the numerous rantings of Sheldon Liber on Blogging Stocks, banging my head against a brick wall would be a preferrable …

We all know Google for the information blackhole that it wants to be. Google sucks up all indexable knowledge from webpages, books, videos, your desktop and whatever media / database that it can get its hands on. However, Google is also the company who while claiming to “do no evil”, willingly censors information in order to break into the China markets. You can see what I mean by searching for “tiananmen” in Google Images here and its China counterpart here.
I’m not here to argue whether Google is a saint or …