A top-rated stock picker and frequent guest on TV shows, Natalie Pace is the author of Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is: Investment Strategies for Lifetime Wealth, published last year. If you can believe the cover blurbs, it offers these benefits (among others):

• Discover How to Turn Passion into Profit
• Master Natalie’s 3-Part Investment Recipe
• Develop Your Perfect 6-Step “Buy My Own Island Plan”
• Learn the Magic of Stock Report Cards.

According to Natalie, the top 11 investing mistakes are:

1. Following analyst recommendations;
 
2. Bankruptcy buying;

3. Scooping up “pet rocks”;

4. Chasing hot tips;

5. Taking “sure shots”;

6. Panicking (or swooning) over front page headlines;

7. Falling for company hype;

8. Having blind faith;

9. Betting on the “Hail Mary” investment;

10. Keeping too much stock in your employer’s company;

11. Employing friends and lovers. Read the book for all the details.

She also has a chapter with the subhead: The Top 11 Signs a CEO is Rolling in Your Dough, Cooking the Books, Dillydallying, Hobnobbing or Playing Tiddlywinks.

The signs are: 1. Rock Star CEO (shows up more often in the society pages than in the executive suite); 2. Offshore corporate headquarters; 3. The SEC is conducting an investigation; 4. Confusing, complicated earnings reports; 5. Product prices have sunk faster than the Titanic but earnings reflect steady growth; 6. Consensus insider trading; 7. Delays (in filing earnings, returning goods, adjusting credits, shipping, etc.; 8. Bait and switch; 9. Executive exodus; 10. Employees hate their jobs; 11. Muzak (not innovating). Read the book for details.