Reporter who swallowed $72 million whiz kid story now says story was 'unbelievable in the first place'

According to Madrid-based MarketWatch editor Barbara Kollmeyer, the story about the $72 million stock-picker was unbelievable from the get-go. We agree, and we were the first website to say so. But many news outlets and media professionals (including MarketWatch) did swallow the story. One of those gullible financial journalists was none other than Barbara Kollmeyer:

The teen wolf of Wall Street is rumored to be worth $72 million. http://t.co/nenAwWpOgz pic.twitter.com/1I6BqyLFzq

— Barbara Kollmeyer (@bkollmeyer) December 15, 2014

Unbelievable.

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