This is almost entertaining, like a commercial. I now want to enjoy a Double Quarter Pounder and my triple grande vanilla non-fat extra hot no foam latte while I E-trade myself out of debt or save my 401k.

No, this is wrong, anyone pushing stock advice in this economy is just guilty of fraud. "Pump and dump" heard of it? It happens all over and is essentially the foundation of our stock market to date. Sure these stocks are "stable" compared to the majority of others. I however am not convinced of this unless I am TheStockAdvisors.com​ who are just regurgitating the information they get from the same Wall Street criminals that swindled our nation for billions while they made profits and gave bonus' and citizens lost entire life savings. In fact these corporations are essentially the Wal-Marts of the food industry so it makes sense that their net worth is high and stocks are stable. They go out of their way to ensure that shareholders are more taken care of than their own employees.

How do I know this? I worked for starbucks for 7 years and loved every moment up until the end where I was continuously looked for for promotion despite having a proven track record as a performer by candidates that had no proir management experience or even retail/food service experience (Refer to the article today on msn.com about favoritism in the work place). My last manager, chose to harass me out of my job and since psychological torment is not a crime. My complaints to HR who neglected to acknowledge this only gave him more incentive to continue to target me for reasons I could only speculate on mostly due to jealously that I out performed him in every aspect of the job, had actual respect from other employees and customers, this person is borderline psychotic in my eyes. Do research on psychological harassment and find that it is extremely debilitating, I should have claimed workers compensation for the environment he created. Back to my point those at the unemployment office the worker went through my work history and experience and literally exclaimed, "you were under paid, not by a little, a lot." She went on to say with the duties that I was entrusted to complete on even just a per shift basis I should have been compensated with twice what I was earning compared to with companies and other roles in the industry.

The moral of my story, buy local, 70 cent of every dollar spent locally goes back to the community compared to less than 50 cent per when you shop/buy from corporations like these. The market is not stable you are better off putting money in a jar, under the mattress, or just in savings and yes there are plenty of local places to get your coffee and to eat your hamburgers.