"Betting on the Market" (1997) PBS Frontline. A stunning, historic perspective. Clip 3 of 4.

[jamesarongray]

7:25 sucker born every minute.

[jamesarongray]

It's not a fools game, if you don't understand what you're doing... why are you investing?

[wudthedamaja]

wtf bank pays 3%? Fuck stocks if I can get that kind of risk free return.

[TheShaneStocks]

@wudthedamaja even with a million dollars, 3% is only 30 grand a year ... you must be loaded. Multi-millionaire

[deadbeat83]

1:39 I remember the Iomega stock bust. I lost a lot of money on those crap shit zip-drives.

[timrtz20]

"its supposed to double by august" she doesn't even know what its called or what it is. I don't know what people would have said or thought about this in 1997 but i would have said bitch wtf are you thinking!!

[gallowspole]

@timrtz20 look at a stock chart for ALMN (a pharmaceutical company) from August of 97 to the end of 98. It went from $14 to $0.43.

[MyDk2009]

did he say, "we don't see much change in the next 25yrs."--lol than his brother implies buying msft and holding it would reap huge returns. Well gardner brothers what has stocks like msft done in the last 10yrs--LMAO, u guys are FOOLS

[MNgeneralfinance]

AS AN INVESTMENT PROFESSIONAL WHEN I HEARD THE LADY 100% IN 2 STOCKS, I WANTED TO SLAP HER. DO NOT EVER DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[callmebaldy]

when policemen and computer programmers start making 30-50% a year in stocks you know its high time to get out with yours. Bubble bout to burst.

[arst29]

I dont hate cause those money will eventually come to me

[big592]

gotta love those call letters

[ThirstyEye]

Maybe if the the one guy didn't have four kids, and the couple at the end didn't have three, they wouldn't have to be so concerned about their financial future.....

[dzheath]

thank u for putting these videos up my friend

[dukeofballshire]

AMLN? That's a dog with fleas!

[GreenMonday]

The stock she put all her money in AMLN got crushed to almost 0 about 2 years after she bought. I wonder if she sold for a big loss (probably....fear takes over when you see your life savings getting wiped out) only to see it go to $50 several years later!

[PhilipWaterfield]

Just no.

[idontknow902]

thanks good film- dated- but actually works out very well to get a little more understanding of 90's economics and the ascent of mutual funds and our now widely publicized derivatives market.

[CaGgP]

bubble-economics at its best!!