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I have often wondered about the articles on Market Watch. They're often talking about how stocks are about to crash any day now or they'll be like one-sided advertisements saying great things about annuities. Well it looks like these "RetireMentors" who write articles might be nothing more than volunteers posting articles for no pay -- like people posting YouTube videos! I take any article written by one person who is a paid columnist with a grain of salt, but people voluntarily submitting free articles? About RetireMentors RetireMentors Terms of Service - MarketWatch
As an investor you've got to be very careful who you listen to. The problem is everyone can write intelligently and make a good case, but the average investor just isn't knowledgable enough to decipher the gems from the junk. Personally, I know about 5-6 people who are the very best and consistently provide insights that I wouldn't have otherwise thought of. This is the type of writer I think investors should strive to find.
I have often wondered about the articles on Market Watch. They're often talking about how stocks are about to crash any day now or they'll be like one-sided advertisements saying great things about annuities. Well it looks like these "RetireMentors" who write articles might be nothing more than volunteers posting articles for no pay -- like people posting YouTube videos! I take any article written by one person who is a paid columnist with a grain of salt, but people voluntarily submitting free articles? About RetireMentors RetireMentors Terms of Service - MarketWatch
RetireMentors is one section of the MarketWatch site that features industry professionals as authors. These authors represent their opinions and beliefs (as is advertised on MarketWatch).
This is in contrast to the rest of their site that represents content produced by real journalists. By looking at the top five articles on the homepage, 4 of them are written by MarketWatch journalists and 1 is written by a Wall Street Journal editor.
Comparing MarketWatch to Motley Fool or Seeking Alpha is just way off. I will have to admit that there are a few good writers on Motley Fool, but you have to get past the noise to learn who they are.
RetireMentors is one section of the MarketWatch site that features industry professionals as authors.
Yeah well these RetireMentors are posting doom and gloom stories all the time. None of it has come true. One day stocks will crash and somebody will say "see I told you so" but they've been sounding the alarm for years.
Then you have these incessant pro-annuity articles. And like JayGatsby says they indeed
write intelligently. But annuities are still annuities and insurance salesmen are still insurance salesmen.
Yeah well these RetireMentors are posting doom and gloom stories all the time. None of it has come true. One day stocks will crash and somebody will say "see I told you so" but they've been sounding the alarm for years.
Then you have these incessant pro-annuity articles. And like JayGatsby says they indeed
write intelligently. But annuities are still annuities and insurance salesmen are still insurance salesmen.
An opinion is an opinion no matter how you try to make it look. The RetireMentors section is an opinion section of industry professionals. Take it for what it's worth to you. The rest of the site is written by journalists.
An opinion is an opinion no matter how you try to make it look. The RetireMentors section is an opinion section of industry professionals. Take it for what it's worth to you. The rest of the site is written by journalists.
We're too quick to use industry professionals.
I know a lot of insurance salesmen that get to use the financial advisor title that really know absolutely nothing about investing or complex financial matters beyond what their formula tells them.
Chuck Jaffe, who also writes for MarketWatch, interviews a guy once weekly on his MoneyLife webcast, that writes for the RetireMentors section. Typically the discussion involves data from a recent government agency or a private poll.
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