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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by tinus_hn on Monday November 09, 2020 @08:24AM (#25034498)
You should take the markets seriously if you want to make a lot of money. That’s why rich people are rich.
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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by Witoso on Monday November 09, 2020 @08:35AM (#25034617)
I would add some clarifying quantifiers to your statement as not all rich people are rich because of markets knowledge. Inheritance of wealth is also an important contributor.
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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by jason0597 on Monday November 09, 2020 @08:46AM (#25034722)
The greatest predictor of wealth is your family background, not your knowledge/interest of the stock market:

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/economi...

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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by bluntfang on Monday November 09, 2020 @08:53AM (#25034793)
most rich people are rich because they were never not rich
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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by gilrain on Monday November 09, 2020 @08:32AM (#25034588)
That and not caring who is hurt along the way and from whom their hoarded wealth was exploited.
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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by frockington1 on Monday November 09, 2020 @08:36AM (#25034638)
There are several sustainable investing funds if you want to focus on that.
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