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  March 10, 2013 The Capitalist Toolbox Chapter 20: DON’T BELIEVE THAT ANY OF THIS MATTERS VERY MUCH,                       THIS MONEY STUFF HOW TO REALLY RUIN YOUR LIFE AND PORTFOLIO (by Ben Stein)   COMMENTARY/Michael Neviaser     These are short chapters of great importance.   Aesop said it be...

  March 10, 2013 The Capitalist Toolbox Chapter 19: DO NOT START EVEN THINKING ABOUT ANY OF THIS                       UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT HOW TO REALLY RUIN YOUR LIFE AND PORTFOLIO (by Ben Stein)   COMMENTARY/Michael Neviaser     These are short chapters of great importance.   THE BIGGEST MIST...

  March 9, 2013 The Capitalist Toolbox Chapter 18: Believe That Those People You See On TV The Future Can     Actually Tell The Future HOW TO REALLY RUIN YOUR LIFE AND PORTFOLIO (by Ben Stein)   COMMENTARY/Michael Neviaser     People you see on TV or whose columns you read cannot predict individu...

  March 5, 2013 The Capitalist Toolbox Chapter 13: Sell Short HOW TO REALLY RUIN YOUR LIFE AND PORTFOLIO (by Ben Stein)   COMMENTARY/Michael Neviaser       I’m leading up to one of the greatest Wall Street stories I’ve ever heard. The ending is breath-taking.   And it’s another “finance theory” v...

  March 3, 2013 The Capitalist Toolbox Chapter 12: Commodities Are Calling… Will You Answer The Phone? HOW TO REALLY RUIN YOUR LIFE AND PORTFOLIO (by Ben Stein)   COMMENTARY/Michael Neviaser     This game is played with significant leverage. The amount required is a fraction of the total cost of ...

  March 2, 2013 The Capitalist Toolbox Chapter 11: Use The Strategies That The University Endowments And The Giant Players Use HOW TO REALLY RUIN YOUR LIFE AND PORTFOLIO (by Ben Stein)   COMMENTARY/Michael Neviaser     They don’t use investment strategies suitable for us. We don’t have enough mon...

  March 2, 2013 The Capitalist Toolbox Chapter 10: Try Strategies No One Else Has Thought Of… You Can Out-Think The Market HOW TO REALLY RUIN YOUR LIFE AND PORTFOLIO (by Ben Stein)   COMMENTARY/Michael Neviaser     There is no end to the schemes that will beat the indices. The more complicated th...

 February 24, 2013The Capitalist ToolboxChapter 8: Cash Is Garbage – Except When It’s NotHOW TO REALLY RUIN YOUR LIFE AND PORTFOLIO (by Ben Stein)COMMENTARY/Michael Neviaser Cash is security and lets you take advantage of opportunities.Low interest rates make holding cash a weak strategy if all y...

  March 2, 2013 The Capitalist Toolbox Chapter 9: Put Your Money In A Hedge Fund HOW TO REALLY RUIN YOUR LIFE AND PORTFOLIO (by Ben Stein)   COMMENTAR...

  February 24, 2013 The Capitalist Toolbox Sell When Things Look Bleak… And Stay The Heck Out Of The Market HOW TO REALLY RUIN YOUR LIFE AND PORTFOLIO Ben Stein     As Baron Rothschild said during the French Revolution: “Buy when there is blood on the streets.” Most people get it backwards. Inste...