Marshall Hargrave is a stock analyst and writer with 10+ years of experience covering stocks and markets, as well as analyzing and valuing companies. Khadija Khartit is a strategy, investment, and ...

With the plethora of mysteries in genre, lately, we’ve seen a lot of red herrings on screen. Were you aware that, for a long time, the origin of the phrase “red herring” was itself a red herring?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I research ad fraud and digital marketing. You all know what a red herring is, right? It’s a dried, smoked fish, turned red by the ...