Muppet Bait

If you like the Muppets, don’t take this personally. Muppet bait is an unofficial Wall Street term for naive investors. You know the type...always hopping on the hot-stock train, following the news hype of the latest IPO offerings rather than doing their own research...that kind of investor.

Yes, it’s true, Muppet bait did come from Jim Henson’s Muppets. Rumor has it that using the term “Muppet” as an insult started with the British...those meanies. You can be a Muppet in your heart, Jim Henson style, but keep your Muppet-hand off of Muppet bait in the stock market and do your research. Cooookiieeeeeessss....