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Fake News Blog Zero Hedge Still Promoting Fear-Mongering Con Artists (like Doug Casey)

Today we look at the promotion of fear-mongering con man Doug Casey by the fake news blog known as Zero Hedge.  This exercise is being performed in order to highlight two important learn points...

SCAM ALERT: Harry Dent Minion, Charles Sizemore Wants to Sell You His "Secret" Strategy that Beats S&P 500 by 2000%

The following video provides yet another example illustrating how financial charlatans operate. In this video, Dent Research "chief retirement strategist" Charles Sizemore released a pitch in 2018 c......

FOX Business Lackey Neil Cavuto Shills for Disinfo Con Man Robert Kiyosaki

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Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre Promoted Con Man Mike Maloney

Please see this previous post for more on scam artist and liar Jared Blikre.  Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre is a Zero-Hedge Plant and Fraud

Blast from the Past (2013): Exposing Chris Martenson's Money Map (Agora Financial) Fear-Mongering BS

Anyone who was unfortunate enough to believe Chris Martenson's BS and follow his advice missed out on the longest bull market in history.  It's been 8 years since this scam (video below) wa...

Mike Calls Into Whitney Tilson's Copyrighting Boiler Room to Confront His Lies

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Doug Casey: Investment Legend or Huge Liar and Career Con Man?

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Robert Kiyosaki is One of the Biggest Frauds in the World

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Peter Schiff Gets Robert Kiyosaki to Pitch His Gold Fund

Who would you go to if you had no conscious or morals and wanted to pitch a terrible product to people? You'd probably want to find another charlatan who has a large following of uneducated and naive...

Bonehead Financial Planner and Friend of Robert Kiyosaki Recommends Peter Schiff's Useless Gold Fund

Listen to these idiots in the video below. Then check the results.   This proves once again that it's absolutely critical to arm yourself with a real investment expe......

Idiot and Con Man Robert Kiyosaki Shows Why He is a Contrarian Indicator

This proves once again that it's absolutely critical to arm yourself with a real investment expert because there's so much garbage out there.   Imagine how much mone......

Con Man Robert Kiyosaki Claims You Can Survive the Market Crash if You Buy His Board Game

Robert Kiyosaki continues to push the limits of stupidity.  Kiyosaki's latest pitch shows how confident he is that his cult members are brainless idiots.  His message is basically that "I...

Lying Con Man Doug Casey Claims He Predicted the 2008 Financial Crisis

Perhaps you remember my prediction that as the years pass we will hear about more people who claimed they predicted the 2008 financial crisis. This is certain to happen because con artists know that t...

Con Men Unite: Stefan James Teams Up With Robert Kiyosaki

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MarketWatch Fraudsters Promote Career Con Man, Investment Idiot, Conspiracy Loon and Silver Pumper Robert Kiyosaki

                NO YOU DID NOT PREDICT THE MARKET CRASH!! YOU FUCKING LIAR!!!!! ROBERT KIYOSAKI, I'M MIKE STATHIS.......

Doug Casey and the Business Model of Doomsday Charlatans

The following audio was originally created in 2014 yet remains just as valuable today.     ...

Jewish Media Fraud of the Day - Mention Jewish Copywriting Clowns as if They Matter

I see the kind of media fraud shown in the image below multiple times each day, so I thought I'd give everyone a brief tutorial on how the scam works. The scam is really too obvious, but you're not...

Mike Reads the Latest Copywriting Scam and Exposes Peter Schiff

The following audio was first created and published in 2016.  It seems that Peter Schiff has formed business relationships with his tribesmen at copywriting boiler room Agora Financial (via Wall...

Consumer Finance Con and Purveyor of Terrible Advice Robert Kiyosaki Claims He "Called the Financial Crisis"

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Jim Rickards Wants to Sell You Easy Ways to Get Rich for Only $10,000

Is there a bigger financial charlatan in the world today than Jim Rickards? That's a very good question that deserves some serious thought. There's certainly no slam dunk answer to this question....

Charlatan Robert Kiyosaki Uses the TEDx Scam to Promote More Conspiracies and Spread Bad Advice

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More Proof Copywriting Charlatan Doug Casey Is a Contrarian Indicator

As a part of my goal to expose the army of scum bags from the very scammy financial copywriting industry, I've written quite a few articles and created an even larger number of videos pointing to the...

Failed Fund Manager Whitney Tilson Enters Scammy Copywriting Industry

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Harry Dent's Safe Asset Slaughter is Another Internet Marketing Scam Packed With Lies and Disinformation

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Agora Financial Founder James Davidson Warns of Hyperinflation, U.S. Stock Market and USD Collapse in 2016

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James Davidson, Founder of Copyrighting Boiler Room Agora Financial

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Doug Casey Has Been Pitching the Exact Same Lines for 40 Years. And His Track Record is Really MISERABLE!

As you watch this interview from 1980, I want you to notice how Casey is questioned by the audience. Members of the audience question Doug Casey's credibility as well as his motives.

Another Boiler Room Operation from Agora Financial: Banyan Hill Publishing

The audio in the following video stops towards the end as a result of technical issues. ...

Mike Maloney's New Pitch to Siphon Money from His Low IQ Sheep

The annotated images below tell you all you need to know. These guys will keep lying and scamming until the day they die.  ...

EXPOSED: Doug Casey and the Fear-Mongering Syndicate (100 pp e-book)

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Agora Financial Clown Steve Sjuggerud Pitches His "Greatest Wealth Transfer" Opportunity

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Agora Financial Copywriting Clown Dan Ferris' Best Stock Pick Ever Video Pitch. I'll Give You the Name of the Stock for Free

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Fraud Detection Expert Exposes Harry Dent and His Tactics

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Email and Video Marketing Scams by Agora Financial (Part 1)

Every sentence read (off of a script) by the charlatan in the video below screams "SCAM." And if you failed to immediately recognize this pitch as a scam, you're in deep doo doo because that means y...

Pseudo-intellectual BS Artist Chris Martenson Teams Up With Huckster Robert Kiyosaki

Although I've added a few images of these scum bags here, you can find a larger number of annotated images of these and many other charlatans in the image library.  Make sure to check the image...

An Important Message from Charlatan Harry Dent

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Robert Kiyosaki, Career Charlatan, A Pictorial (Part 1)

The full version of this article (including the video) is available only to active Members and Clients.  I'm not going to go into the notion that Kiyosaki never even wrote any of his completel...

Mike Stathis Exposes Jim Rickards and His Gold Pumping Shit Book

I've previously exposed Jim Rickards (see related articles at the end). According to Rickards and the scam artists who put together his internet infomercials at Agora Financial (which also publishes t...

Air Head Nomi Prins Joins Fear-Mongering Profiteer Jim Rickards on the Doom & Gloom Gravy Train

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EXPOSED: Agora Financial's Copyediting Doomsday Syndicate

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Peter Schiff Teams Up With ANOTHER Agora Financial Charlatan!

Do you remember when Peter Schiff was telling millions of sheep that the US will encounter hyperinflation so they needed to exchange their dollars for "safe currencies" like the euro? We all sa...

EXPOSED: Copyediting Kingpin Behind Fear-Monger BULL SHIT Scams

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Another Charlatan from "Faux Hero Syndicate" Joins Porter Stansberry's Boiler Room

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Can You Tell the Difference Between Kiyosaki, Trudeau and Schiff?

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Harry Dent, Wall Street Investment Bible and Brazilian Real Estate

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Moron of the Month: Harry Dent (Take 2)

The second take is always better than the first, but you decide!

Why Would the Media Ask a Thailand Resident about the US Economy?

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EXPOSED: More Doomsday Charlatans (Agora Financial Pt 1)

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CNBC Pinhead Asks Thailand Resident if the Nasdaq is in a Bubble

Ask yourself if you would want to hear what some guy living in a village in Thailand has to say about the Nasdaq. For the most comprehensive list and details regarding investment con men, gold pumpe......

Is Peter Schiff Any Different than Porter Stansberry or the NIA?

Today, we learn of even more clowns looking to duplicate Porter Stansberry’s fear-mongering tactics to lure unsophisticated people into his...

Comments on Fannie Mae, Bitcoin, Doug Casey, Jeff Berwick and Real Estate Scams

Here, Mike releases a 30-minute piece where he ties in many learning points.

Average Joe Tells How He Got Ripped off by Mike Maloney

In the video below, a young man tells his story of how he lost more than 50% in silver after buying into Mike Maloney’s bullshit.

VIDEO: Casey Research: A Prime Example of Idiots in the Financial Publishing Business

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He's Back! Harry Dent the Clown Making More Ridiculous Predictions

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Mutual Fund Disasters: David Tice and His Prudent Bear Fund

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Peter Schiff Exposes Porter Stansberry's False Claims to Make You Think He is Different

In the past, I have discussed that Porter Stansberry made numerous false claims in his snake oil video, The End of America. The video is so full of crap that I cannot watch it to remi...

Porter Stansberry the Clown, Preying on Sheep

Published on July 16, 2011. Updated on July 18, 2011.   I have not yet had the time to address the latest clown out there, Porter Stansberry with his BS video being pumped on conspirac...

Mutual Fund Disasters: Harry Dent the Fund Manager

Seizing upon his media “celebrity,” (which essentially means you have sheep lining up for your perceived expertise, created solely by being seen on television) Dent formed an ETF in 2009 c...

A Look at Harry Dent's Track Record

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Harry Dent. Economist, Futurist & Contrarian Indicator

UPDATED info on Harry "Doomsday" Dent and his SHITTY track record (20014 - 2015): EXPOSED: More Doomsday Charlatans (Agora Financial Pt 1) Harry Dent, Wall Street Investment Bible an...

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