10 reasons to shun stocks till banks crash

Paul Farrell makes the (we think largely correct) declaration that stocks will continue to be a loser for the "average joe" for the next generation or so -- with any apparent upticks or strength being part in parcel of the usual Wall Street smoke-and-mirrors/roach motel structure of the market. In other words, if it looks good, it's because they're profiting, while people like you are not just losing, but being fleeced.

(That said, Farrell, in railing against privatizing social security, seems to allow readers to imagine that the current government-run program is somehow viable, which it is not, aside from large-scale money printing).