Debunkery: Learn It, Do It and Profit from It- Seeing Through Wall Street's Money-Killing Myths

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