Re:Insider trading has been rife on Wall Street, academics c...
by mattmanser on Sunday February 11, 2018 @04:51PM
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It's that it's stacked against you, like this article explains, just like a casino is stacked against you.
Also, for you to have made money on AAPL you would have had to gamble on something. You had to have bought at a lower stock price. If you bought recently, it would be that Tim Cook doesn't suck and they don't botch the new iPhone. If you bought 6 years ago, it would be something else. If you bought 10 years ago it's that the iPhone would remain dominant, etc. etc.
Also, for you to have made money on AAPL you would have had to gamble on something. You had to have bought at a lower stock price. If you bought recently, it would be that Tim Cook doesn't suck and they don't botch the new iPhone. If you bought 6 years ago, it would be something else. If you bought 10 years ago it's that the iPhone would remain dominant, etc. etc.