Debunkery

Acknowledgments. Introduction: Debunkery Made Easy. PART 1 Basic Bunk to Make You Broke. Bunk 1 Bonds Are Safer Than Stocks. Bunk 2 Well-Rested Investors Are Better Investors. Bunk 3 Retirees Must Be Conservative. Bunk 4 Age Equals Asset Allocation. Bunk 5 You Should Expect Average Returns. Bunk 6 "Capital Preservation and Growth" Is Possible! Bunk 7 Trust Your Gut. Bunk 8 One Big Bear and You're Done. Bunk 9 Make Sure It's a Bull Before Diving In. Bunk 10 Growth Is Best for All Time. No, Value. No, Small Caps. Bunk 11 A Good Con Artist Is Hard to Spot. PART 2 Wall Street "Wisdom". Bunk 12 Stop-Losses Stop Losses! Bunk 13 Covered Calls.Gotcha Covered. Bunk 14 Dollar Cost Averaging--Lower Risk, Better Returns. Bunk 15 Variable Annuities Are All Upside, No Downside. Bunk 16 Equity-Indexed Annuities--Better Than Normal Annuities. Bunk 17 Passive Investing Is Easy. Bunk 18 Do Better With Mutual Funds by Sending Your Spouse on a Shopping Spree. Bunk 19 Beta Measures Risk. Bunk 20 Equity Risk Premiums--Forecasting Future Returns With Ease. Bunk 21 When the VIX Is High, It's Time to Buy. Bunk 22 Be Confident on Consumer Confidence. Bunk 23 All Hail the Mighty Dow! PART 3 "Everyone Knows". Bunk 24 So Goes January. Bunk 25 Sell in May. Bunk 26 Low P / Es Mean Low Risk. Bunk 27 A Strong Dollar Is Super. Bunk 28 Don't Fight the Fed. Bunk 29 Interest Pays Dividends. Bunk 30 Buy a 5% CD for 5% Cash Flow--Easy! Bunk 31 Baby Boomers Retire, World Ends, Etc. Bunk 32 Concentrate to Build Wealth. PART 4 History Lessons. Bunk 33 Pray for Budget Surpluses. Bunk 34 High Unemployment Is a Killer. Bunk 35 With Gold, You're Golden. Bunk 36 Stocks Love Lower Taxes. Bunk 37 Oil and Stocks Seesaw. Bunk 38 Swine Flu, SARS, Ebola, and Other Viral Disasters Make Markets Sick. Bunk 39 Consumers Are King. Bunk 40 Presidential Term Cycles Are Stock Market Voodoo. Bunk 41 My Political Party Is Best for Stocks. Bunk 42 Stock Returns Are Too High and Must Fall. PART 5 It's a Great Big World! Bunk 43 Foreign Stocks Just Feel So.Foreign. Bunk 44 Who Needs Foreign? Bunk 45 Big Debt Is National Death. Bunk 46 America Can't Handle Its Debt. Bunk 47 Indebted to China. Bunk 48 Trade Deficits Make Deficient Markets. Bunk 49 GDP Makes Stocks Grow. Bunk 50 Terrorism Terrorizes Stocks. Notes. About the Authors. Index.