I've got a stock tip for you. Trust financial mags the way you would anything Sarah Palin says:
In December, Fortune magazine admitted it had been remiss naming insurance giant AIG one of its "10 Stocks To Buy Now" before a yearlong 18 percent decline. "We... didn't expect [the] mortgage unit to be such an albatross," editors wrote. To correct the error, the magazine had a fresh list of "The Best Stocks For 2008" including Merrill Lynch.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/09/pssst/211496/
