The S&P 500 has been trading right around the 1500 level for most of 2013. The first time it crossed that mark was in March of 2000. It did it again in May of 2007. Just some food for thought on the crazy ride the markets have been on for the past 13 years. Here are your weekly finance reads:
- Pinocchio traders are lying to themselves (Washington Post)
- You’re not as good an investor as you think you are (Wall Street Journal)
- Investing rules of thumb don’t always work (Money)
- Reasons to avoid buying stocks and why you should ignore them (NY Times)
- 3 steps to creating a retirement plan (Money)
- Lazy portfolios at war with Wall Street casinos (MarketWatch)
- That’s why I’m richer than you (Rolling Stone)
- Danger in the stock market (MarketWatch)
- How to bow out gracefully from your job as CEO (Yahoo! Finance)
- Having some fun with the sequester (Reformed Broker)
- Are you an investor or a speculator? (Wall Street Journal and Part II)
- Financial media wake-up call (Reformed Broker)
