Jan
29

How Do You Spot Untrustworthy Financial News?

posted on January 29th 2018 in Fort Worth CFP Team Posts with 0 Comments

This is an excerpt from the whitepaper “Exaggerated Returns: How Trading Newsletters & Services Can Make Such Outrageous Claims, and How to Spot Them” by Joshua Wilson, CMT, AIF. Download the full document here. Be leery of simple answers to complex questions. Services that make it all sound too easy and simple are the ones […]

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Jan
25

“Fake News” & “Infotainment” in Finance Media

posted on January 25th 2018 in Fort Worth CFP Team Posts with 0 Comments

This is an excerpt from the whitepaper “Exaggerated Returns: How Trading Newsletters & Services Can Make Such Outrageous Claims, and How to Spot Them” by Joshua Wilson, CMT, AIF. Download the full document here. The investment advisory world struggles with the same issues as the mainstream media. Everybody wants to be assumed to be credible, […]

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Jan
22

Outrageous Financial News: How Can They Get Away With That?

posted on January 22nd 2018 in Fort Worth CFP Team Posts with 0 Comments

This is an excerpt from the whitepaper “Exaggerated Returns: How Trading Newsletters & Services Can Make Such Outrageous Claims, and How to Spot Them” by Joshua Wilson, CMT, AIF. Download the full document here. Simple — they aren’t professionals. Here are some excerpts from the disclosure statement for one such service, emphasis mine. “The Company […]

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Jan
08

Cumulative Returns: How News Services Can Confuse Investors

posted on January 8th 2018 in Fort Worth CFP Team Posts with 0 Comments

This is an excerpt from the whitepaper “Exaggerated Returns: How Trading Newsletters & Services Can Make Such Outrageous Claims, and How to Spot Them” by Joshua Wilson, CMT, AIF. Download the full document here. Let’s look at another way newsletters and services can confuse investors. This time, the confusion here comes from “cumulative returns.” With […]

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