By: Jack WaymirecloseAuthor: Jack Waymire Name: Jack Waymire
Email: jack@paladinregistry.com
Site: http://paladinregistry.com
About: Jack writes for the InvestorWatchdog website and Worth magazine. He worked in the financial services industry from 1976 to 2004. For twenty of those years he was the president of a Registered Investment Advisory firm and a Broker/Dealer. Jack is the author of Who's Watching Your Money? The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor and is a co-founder of PaladinRegistry.com.See Authors Posts (87) | February 26, 2009 | Investor Information

• CEO – Chief Embezzlement Officer
• CFO – Corporate Fraud Officer
• BULL MARKET – A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.
• BEAR MARKET – a 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no love.
• VALUE INVESTING – The art of buying low and selling lower.
• P/E RATIO – The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.
• BROKER - What my financial planner has made me.
• STANDARD & POOR – Your life in a nutshell.
• STOCK ANALYST – Idiot who just downgraded your stock.
• STOCK SPLIT – When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves.
• MARKET CORRECTION – The day after you buy stocks.
• CASH FLOW – The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.
• INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR – Past year investor who’s now locked up in a nuthouse.
• PROFIT - an archaic word no longer in use.