Lenny Dykstra, Still Pretending To Understand Stocks [Lenny Dykstra Remains A Fraud]

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Forbes On Nails Dykstra
Published 6/14/2008 by Dave Doyle at The Mets Report
... Lenny Dykstra is the subject of a scathing column in Forbes.com this month entitled “Piggyback”. I won’t get into the legal mumbo jumbo but it basically says that Nails has a shadow stock picker working behind the scenes to make him appear successful. The column describes in gory detail Nails’ failed deal to work with Doubledown Media, LLC and the lawsuits and counter suits that have ensued. I don’t typically scour Forbes.com but did take notice of the post on Deadspin. &id; ...

Lenny Dykstra a Stock Fraud?
Published 6/14/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
... some of his boasts, he was writing columns for Jim Cramer’s TheStreet.com (usually giving advice on trading stock options), and being featured on HBO in which he said he had bought Wayne Gretzky’s house. Not too shabby. There’s no denying the guy has something good going, but just how much of it is coming from the man himself who proclaims he doesn’t like to read too much because he’s not too smart and it hurts his eyes? Turns out there might be someone pulling the strings of the Dykstra puppet behind the scenes. ...

Lenny Dykstra - At Least He's Not in Vegas
Published 6/19/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (J-Red) at East Coast Bias
... (the show Bryant Gumbel doesn't totally deprive of life). Deadspin apparently got to it, too. Frankly, I can't afford HBO after sinking all my investment capital into Countrywide and Bear Stearns (Since when are bubbles bad? I love bubbles.) Even if I missed the boat, I still have some personal insight into the world of Lenny "Nails" Dykstra. ...