[Liz]

Terry Keenan on mutuals.

[bvw]

Great-Oompa Charles Ponzi has tens of thousands of grandchildren.

Each one understands the vital importance of not being the last one in, so they work concertedly to maintain the sham ad not cause any panic for the exits or chilling of the popcorn poppers known as retirement plans.

Expect grand news and humoungous puffery about the vitality of the stock market!

[ARCADIA]

With more than 40 percent of all U.S. stock holdings controlled by just 20 huge investors

So much for "free market" fantasies.

[PGalt]

Good article. Thanks for posting it.

[DoctorMichael]

Good, informative article. Thanks.

[ninonitti]

I'm suprised that there's no mention of Putnam's mounting troubles.

[lchoro]

Indexing and index funds are also a big part of the problem. They blindly place their money into the 100 to 3000 stocks that comprise the market index that they're supposed to invest in. Doubt that they do much of anything other than rubberstamp management's proposals on the proxy statement.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I've got most of my retirement in Strong. Lately, they've been kicking a.. on returns.

[razorback-bert]

Richard Strong, a man who turned the fund company that bears his name into an $800 million personal fortune. Not content with that piggy bank, Strong now admits to improper trades that netted him an additional $600,000 at the expense of the little guys

Greed is good, Richard increased his net worth 0.00075%.