I think the average American has no idea. I use to be able to make money as a individual investor, but for the past three or four years it has become very difficult. You never know when a ‘bear raid’ will occur and take the company down. I can’t believe Bush walks out this morning and states that they are clamping down on market manipulation. Where the heck has he been for the past few years? The stuff going on now is not new. It’s like our open borders...her has chosen to look the other way while Americans are taken for a ride down poor street.
I stopped actively trading a few years ago when the numbers started to not make any sense and I was missing my marks. I would see great news for a company that signaled a major increase in profits only to have the stock shorted and plummet. I saw stock I sold because their numbers were very weak only go through the roof...only to then crash. Manipulation was the only thing I could account for such craziness. I found a pot of gold and silver more of an investment, and it has been, although with stock prices dropping and people running scared, now might be the time to get back into trading. Remember Chrysler’s stock drop and rise to fame.