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November 2014 - Money Morning - Only the News You Can Profit From

Science Proves What We Said About the Banksters

"Business culture in the banking industry is favoring, or at least tolerating, fraudulent or unethical behaviors."

That's what Ernst Fehr told reporters in a telephone interview last week.

Fehr is an economist at the University of Zürich in Switzerland who co-led a study about business behavior.

Fehr's study proves what we've all long known – but it wasn't the only piece of news last week that demonstrates the crookedness of bankers.

Today I'll show you how Wall Street's manipulations are affecting the prices we pay for everything from the cars we drive to our pots and pans.

So you know you want to know more about this...

Don't Forget - AAPL Is a Top Retailer, Too

For all the attention that Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) gets, many forget that one of its core strengths is its retailing operation.

"They take retail operations very seriously," Money Morning Defense & Tech Specialist Michael Robinson said in a Wednesday appearance on the FOX Business "Varney & Co." program. "It's a big part of their operations, their sales success."

To find out how Robinson thinks investors should play AAPL stock now, watch the video below.

Gold Investing Myths: What Gold's Critics Don't Get

Gold Investing Myths: Gold prices have fallen for the better part of two years, but that doesn't mean that its detractors have somehow been vindicated.

Gold has often been chided by some who have mischaracterized the allure.

In the right allocations gold is an important part of a healthy portfolio. It can hedge against market crisis and provide returns when other assets underperform.

Here four myths gold's critics harp on - and how they get it wrong.