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Re:Inflated Bond Ratings Helped Spur the Financial Crisis. T... by stouset on Thursday August 08, 2019 @04:33AM (#20642786)
If only that were true. Just look at RobinHood, for starters.
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Re:Inflated Bond Ratings Helped Spur the Financial Crisis. T... by dmix on Thursday August 08, 2019 @06:24AM (#20643216)
Just look at a rare unicorn in Silicon Valley that immediately drew SEC scrutiny?

What does that have to do with the average investor?

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Re:Inflated Bond Ratings Helped Spur the Financial Crisis. T... by Nasrudith on Thursday August 08, 2019 @08:38AM (#20643935)
I believe the investors were the ones to look at. The infamous /r/wallstreetbets in addition to self-deprecating jokes about themselves being basement dwellers essentially engage in outright gambling on shorter term swings and hunches to make and lose big - mostly the latter.
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