On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:20:54 -0800, jps wrote:

I look at Wall Street like Jai Alai, You are never really sure what is
going on and you don't really understand the rules but if you can bet
with the smart money you can win.

That may be true but smart one day can be idiotic the next.

Lehman is out of busines. The game is rigged and Goldman has won, but
that doesn't mean that your Goldman broker is anymore on the inside or
working in your interests. They sold **** to their best customers in
hopes of keeping their bonus checks coming.

If you think Goldman is a smart player, and they are, why not buy part
of the company?

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=GS&t=my

You could have almost tripled your money in 10 years with buy and
hold, much more if you'd traded around the dips.

On the left coast you've got Wells Fargo. They run a pretty good
operation also:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=WFC+Basic+Chart&t=my