Investing in single stocks can be exciting, but they can also be hazardous to your financial well being.  Here is how I learned that lesson the hard way. It was the late 1990s, and the stock market was booming.  You had to try not to make money.  I was at the peak of delusion, the most extreme point of self-deception. My skill in picking stocks was the catalyst of my good fortune. During this … [Read more...]