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Re:Stock and Bond Markets Dethroned: Private Fundraising Is ... by mattnewport on Monday April 02, 2018 @05:30PM (#16739561)
Another interpretation is that the crypto mania is evidence of huge unmet demand for the types of investment profile that are largely unavailable to non accredited investors. If regular investors had access to more (possibly less risky) such investments perhaps the demand for crypto investments wouldn't have been so great.
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Re:Stock and Bond Markets Dethroned: Private Fundraising Is ... by saalweachter on Monday April 02, 2018 @06:44PM (#16740155)
There's certainly an unmet demand for investments that yield 1000-fold overnight. People want to invest a few hundred or a couple thousand dollars and be multi-millionaires by Christmas. They don't want to put tends of thousands of dollars into an aggressive portfolio to maybe break a million in 2045.
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Re:Stock and Bond Markets Dethroned: Private Fundraising Is ... by s73v3r_ on Monday April 02, 2018 @07:27PM (#16740419)
I think that just shows that there's a huge unmet demand for get rich quick schemes.
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Re:Stock and Bond Markets Dethroned: Private Fundraising Is ... by SkyMarshal on Monday April 02, 2018 @09:21PM (#16741102)
It could also be argued that the success of crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter are similar evidence that people want to make micro-investments in early stage ventures that appeal to them.
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Re:Stock and Bond Markets Dethroned: Private Fundraising Is ... by crdoconnor on Monday April 02, 2018 @07:23PM (#16740387)
>If regular investors had access to more (possibly less risky) such investment

Which could be done easily by raising interest rates above 0% and offsetting any resulting collapse in demand with counter cyclical fiscal policy.

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Re:Stock and Bond Markets Dethroned: Private Fundraising Is ... by mattnewport on Monday April 02, 2018 @07:51PM (#16740565)
Years of extremely low interest rates does seem like a contributing factor to the demand for riskier investments that may see some inflation beating return.
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