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Re:Teaching People to Trade Stocks Is Like Starting Them on ... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Thursday February 21, 2019 @08:17PM (#19222263)
If the Average Joe loses more money, maybe they should rename it SherrifOfNotingham as it would be stealing from the poor to give to the rich.
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Re:Teaching People to Trade Stocks Is Like Starting Them on ... by jhsdlkasjHADSJ on Thursday February 21, 2019 @08:35PM (#19222349)
Individuals are actively choosing to make investments. Although I will say that it seems that their risk assessment department is seriously lacking. (see: u/1r0nyman)
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Re:Teaching People to Trade Stocks Is Like Starting Them on ... by arcticbull on Thursday February 21, 2019 @10:41PM (#19222929)
I dunno, he doubled his money — I think his assessment of risk was spot on ;)
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