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Re:Modern-day Robinhoods, the ones that contribute to rising... by handmodel on Sunday August 01, 2021 @04:53PM (#28029862)
>how those practices contribute to rising inequality

My feedback is that issue has such an incredibly small bearing on inequality. The vast majority of wall street banks/hedge funds make their money in other ways. You could fix this entirely and practically see no difference in the size of wall street.

Its fractions of a cent per order which is very small. Compare that to money that mutual funds take in expense ratios on a yearly basis. I'm not even saying that these expense ratios are always unjustified - but a small percentage of tens of billions of money in pension funds is going to end up sending a lot of money out. Much more so than this.

Re:Modern-day Robinhoods, the ones that contribute to rising... by Hedgemaster on Sunday August 01, 2021 @05:01PM (#28029925)
Hi, thx for the comment. For options trading it's certainly not a fraction of a cent..

I do agree though that DIY approach to investing is more advantageous than going with mutual funds that charge fund fees.