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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Mr. Markets

A funny and all too true "interview" with Mr. Markets in Forbes. Lots of good there . Enjoy!
Posted by James Wilson at 7:29 AM
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James Wilson
Columbia, SC, United States
I am the Founder/CEO of J.E. Wilson Advisors, LLC in Columbia,S.C. We are the oldest S.C. based Fee-Only financial planning/wealth management firm in S.C. I am a veteran of over 30 years in the financial services field, first with a national stock brokerage firm and since 1982 my own advisory firm.
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  • Basic Economics - T. Sowell
  • Stocks for the Long Run - J. Siegel
  • Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth - N. Murray
  • The Black Swan - N. Taleb
  • Fooled By Randomness - N. Taleb
  • Enough - J. Bogle
  • A Random Walk Down Wall Street - B. Malkiel
  • Capital Ideas - P. Bernstein
  • The Intelligent Asset Allocator - W. Bernstein
  • The Ascent of Money - N. Ferguson

My Blog List

  • Greg Mankiw's Blog
    Harvard faculty put their money where their mouths are
    2 weeks ago
  • Fama/French Forum
    Fama's Market
    11 years ago
  • Dr. Bill Watkins-CEFR@Cal Lutheran U.

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      • Unintended Consequences (again)
      • A Formula for Growth
      • The Rescue that Missed Main Street
      • The Broken Window Fallacy
      • The Power of Perspective
      • Higher Inflation the Answer?
      • Big Banks Undercapitalized?
      • Sounds about Right
      • 3 Myths about Capitalism
      • The VAT-in our future?
      • Impediments to Personal Wealth Creation
      • Sanguine Housing Stats
      • More on Capital Investment
      • A Good Response to Buffett
      • Buy the Market for "Free"
      • The New Retirement Plan...Don't Retire
      • Student Loans= Huge Economic Drag
      • Economics= Natural Law
      • Investing= Faith
      • The Truth about Actively Managed Mutual Funds
      • Time to Panic? Just the Opposite
      • Social Security Birthday
      • Investor Biases
      • Don't Panic Word CLoud
      • Fascilitating Financial Health
      • Mr. Markets
      • What Doesn't Work
      • What Now?
      • Good Advice From Professor Malkiel
      • Capitalism and the Welfare State
      • Great Chart Tells the Tale
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