At their worst, message boards can subject you to mindless braying or outright stock scams. But at their best, they provide meaty insights on just about every stock imaginable.

Some hedge fund managers have made big bucks trading oil futures - George Soros is one.

People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.

In the struggle against sexual discrimination on Wall Street, Pamela K. Martens is a latter-day Rosa Parks - a woman who, metaphorically speaking, refused to sit in the back of the bus.