1. Send e-mails to a bunch of people claiming to have a great stock pick. Tell half of them to buy and half to sell short.
2. Wait a week. If the stock went up, do the same thing but send your new pick only to the half that got your buy recommendation, and if it went down, send it to the other half. Anyone who saw your incorrect prediction never hears from you again.
3. Repeat a couple more times.
4. Now ask the people on your list to pay you to continue getting your stock picks -- after all, at least as far as they've seen, you've been 100% right on every pick you made.
1. Send e-mails to a bunch of people claiming to have a great stock pick. Tell half of them to buy and half to sell short.
2. Wait a week. If the stock went up, do the same thing but send your new pick only to the half that got your buy recommendation, and if it went down, send it to the other half. Anyone who saw your incorrect prediction never hears from you again.
3. Repeat a couple more times.
4. Now ask the people on your list to pay you to continue getting your stock picks -- after all, at least as far as they've seen, you've been 100% right on every pick you made.