A warning to all investors, concerning the conduct of banks, brokers, analysts and mutual funds, which might be of interest to anyone disturbed by incessant scandals in the financial industry, together with some suggestions as to how it should be possible to improve investment performance by investing for the LONG TERM only, without using the services of any of the above.

Students of the Bible will recall the difficulty of finding ten honest men in Sodom and Gomorrah ( Genesis. 18 : 32 ).
In view of alleged gross irregularities at certain banks, it seems that this might have been an easy task compared with that of finding ten honest men among the investment banking community of Wall Street.

Owing to these alleged irregularities, involving important  Wall Street banks, the following profiles of four prominent American businessmen might be of interest to investors.