By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com

Baltimore — (TFN): You don’t believe all the hype do you? As we close out another year and another decade, the pundits are busy rehashing the action of the past ten years.

The political types are discussing the rise and fall of the Bush administration, a couple of wars and the nation’s first black president. The Hollywood folks are talking about the end of the sitcom, the death of an icon and the phenomenon that is American Idol.

With millions of people tuning in each week to American Idol, chances are some readers of Whiskey & Gunpowder are among them. Although many may not like to admit it. Either way, you can learn a valuable investing tool by paying attention to the finer points of Fox’s hit reality show. There are plenty of people out there making money for nothing.