What to know about the stock market (2007)
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What to know about the stock market (2007)
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#2You should probably get to know some critical aspects of markets too, this article just praises them. That is pretty much the norm, but I think it's a valuable educational endeavour to look at critiques of markets.
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#4One interesting thing about "highest bid" and "lowest ask" prices is that they can sometimes move up and down for days without a transaction ever happening.
This can be observed in certain illiquid markets, e.g. for a specific bond of a company. In those cases, the "last trade price" is meaningless and it's very important to instead look at the bids and asks in the order book.
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#5You should probably get to know some critical aspects of markets too, this article just praises them. That is pretty much the norm, but I think it's a valuable educational endeavour to look at critiques of markets.
Fully agree, especially during current instability. I think that everyone got used to constant "it's about to crash" news but the volatility and uncertainty are visible in recent months. I don't remember when inflation numbers releases were that impactful.
The good coming out of this is the visibility of how strongly dependant cryptocoins are.
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#7You should probably get to know some critical aspects of markets too, this article just praises them. That is pretty much the norm, but I think it's a valuable educational endeavour to look at critiques of markets.
but... it does explain some of the most ubiquitous and fundamental problems of markets, like spreads and illiquidity? granted you could go on forever about an infite list of problems, eg that today so much trading happens in dark pools, so much stocks are owned by passive index etf managers who don't take an active role in ownership etc etc but for a rough summary I think this article explained some of the basics quite well
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#8the only thing you should know about the Stock Market: it favors those with more capital, if you don’t have much to begin with, don’t expect making life-changing amounts
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#9the only thing you should know about the Stock Market: it favors those with more capital, if you don’t have much to begin with, don’t expect making life-changing amounts
I think like lots of things... If you expect to do better than other people, be prepared to know more or do more then them. Many people dedicate their lives to learning the stock market and what to do. It's unlikely someone can beat them with doing the bare minimum research.
Not saying there isn't shady stuff going on too. There definitely is, but even if there wasn't it is a skill based game.
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#10the only thing you should know about the Stock Market: it favors those with more capital, if you don’t have much to begin with, don’t expect making life-changing amounts
Unless you know the market better than everyone else, having more capital can just as easily be a way to lose faster.
Most of the smart money is in hedge funds anyway.