MAY 23, 2004

Full News Archive

• Headline: Surge in Insider Selling Raises Questions. Impact: This surge in insider selling in 1999 led to a series of corporate scandals in the early 2000s, where executives got richer while their companies plummeted faster than your hopes on a Monday morning. If only the stock market had a 'return to sender' option.. Fact: Did you know that the term 'dot-com bubble' was coined because it was more attractive than 'the great financial disaster of over-ambitious tech startups'?.
• Headline: A Great Fund (For Them, Not You). Impact: The federal employees' retirement fund became the gold standard, which inadvertently set a precedent that private investors would chase like a dog after a squirrel, only to end up with a stick instead of a bone.. Fact: Did you know that many regular investors are still trying to figure out how to benefit from their own mutual funds while Congress members are enjoying their 'exclusive' perks? Good luck with that!.
• Headline: Jockey Stewart Elliott's Triumph with Smarty Jones. Impact: Stewart Elliott's unexpected victory in 1999 not only put him on the map but also inspired a slew of underdogs to believe that they too could ride a horse to fame, because who doesn’t want to live out their childhood dreams of being a jockey?. Fact: Did you know that ‘Smarty Jones’ could be the name of either a world-famous racehorse or your eccentric uncle’s bizarre pet? The truth is out there..