Stoxjock,
You live in a Pollyanna world. Sarbanes-Oxley, safe harbor statements, and the SEC are designed to create the ILLUSION of integrity and protection. The whole market is a sham. Market being bonds, equities, commodities, and currencies. Don't hate the player(GE), hate the game. Warren Buffet will one day be the biggest fraud of them all, when his derivatives implode. The market is a volunteer taxing entity, you tax yourself right out of disposable income.