Skip to content
Smarter Investing
Back Home
by InteractiveAdvisors
  • Outlook
  • Strategies
  • Sustainability
  • Reflections
  • About
  • Search
Back Home
by InteractiveAdvisors
  • Outlook
  • Strategies
  • Sustainability
  • Reflections
  • About
Outlook

When being the 1% was something to brag about

by Mick Weinstein|Published July 2, 2012

A 1986 ad for the New York Stock Exchange:

Via Vintage Ads

AUTHOR

Mick Weinstein
Mick Weinstein
Mick is the Head of Editorial for Covestor, a financial journalist and online content specialist. Prior to joining Covestor, Mick was for five years the Editor in Chief and VP Content at stock market analysis website Seeking Alpha, where he built the editorial function as the site attracted over 3.5 million unique monthly visitors and developed an innovative platform for intelligent stock market discussion. Mick is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
380 posts

You may also like

Gold
Published September 21, 2016

Power of gold

Gold bug? Here’s what you need to know

Published April 17, 2020

Mott Capital: First quarter letter

The virus has triggered an unprecedented stock market decline

volatility-stock-market-investing
Published September 9, 2014

Is volatility really such a bad thing for investors?

Without volatility, there would not be the opportunity for investors to buy stocks at low prices.

Published June 30, 2020

Two issues undermining the bull market narrative

The Fed may be tapping the brakes on market liquidity

Our Newsletters

By pressing Subscribe, I understand I will receive the Smarter Investing newsletter by email from Interactive Advisors, and I can unsubscribe at any time by using the links provided in those emails. I agree to Interactive Advisors Privacy Policy on our Forms and Agreements page.

✔ Thank you for requesting to receive the Smarter Investing newsletter by email. You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link provided at the bottom of each newsletter or by emailing us at clientservices@interactiveadvisors.com.

✘ Subscription failed. Please check you have entered a valid e-mail address.

Recent articles

  • Complacent Markets Face An Avalanche of News
    Complacent Markets Face An Avalanche of News
    5 days ago
  • Coloring the corals
    Coloring the corals
    5 days ago
  • Mixed Stocks; Inflation and Consumers Adjust
    Mixed Stocks; Inflation and Consumers Adjust
    1 week ago
  • Turning The Lens: Rotating Risk Models For Insight
    Turning The Lens: Rotating Risk Models For Insight
    1 week ago
  • Yields Plunge as Waller Possibly Seeks to Climb New Fed Chair List
    Yields Plunge as Waller Possibly Seeks to Climb New Fed Chair List
    2 weeks ago
  • Will The Next Fed Chair Lurk In The “Shadows”?
    Will The Next Fed Chair Lurk In The “Shadows”?
    2 weeks ago
  • The Curve Ahead
    The Curve Ahead
    2 weeks ago
  • Stocks Defy Market Logic
    Stocks Defy Market Logic
    3 weeks ago

Post navigation

  • Previous post Bullard: The bar is set high for QE3
  • Back to post list
  • Next post Cooperman: Stocks are the ‘best house in the financial asset neighborhood’

Covestor Ltd, also known and doing business as Interactive Advisors, is an Interactive Brokers Group Company. It is an investment advisor registered with and regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training nor does it imply endorsement by the SEC.

The content of the Interactive Advisors blog includes commentaries written by third-party portfolio managers, freelance writers and Interactive Advisors employees and does not necessarily represent the opinions of Interactive Advisors or any of its officers, directors, employees or staff. The content, whether or not provided by Interactive Advisors, is offered for informational purposes only, does not constitute investment advice, and is not an offer to buy or sell any security. The content of this blog is not a substitute for obtaining professional financial advice from a qualified person or firm. For additional information or questions about this blog, please contact editorial@interactiveadvisors.com.

For more information and disclosures about the Smarter Investing blog, view our legal disclosures.

© Covestor, 2025. All rights reserved

Designed with the Customizr theme