Cheating Ruins CNBC’s and TheStreet.com’s Trading Contests

Last week, after seeing the news of cheating in CNBC’s Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge I was glad I didn’t waste my time with that game. Once I saw that you couldn’t short or trade ETFs and some other restrictions I just decided to not even bother. Not to mention that I didn’t have the time [...]

Jim Cramer, Market Manipulator

Wow, I can’t believe Cramer admitted to manipulating futures. “A lot of times when I was short, I would create a level of activity beforehand that would drive the futures. . . . It’s a fun game,” Cramer said in the Webcast, which was moderated by TheStreet.com Executive Editor Aaron Task. Cramer later said that [...]

Herb Greenberg Unleashed

Herb Greenberg has escaped his high-priced walls and is now writing at CBS MarketWatch. I’ve really missed reading Herb since my subscription to TheStreet.com ran out a couple of years ago. For those that don’t know, Herb is a master at raising red flags on stocks/companies. Even if you don’t like shorting stocks, you’d be [...]