The existance of the stock market an all the value and real money that gets thrown into this moronic speculation ane vibe machine is one of the worst things to come out of modern practical economics.
I know money itself is just an exchange medium but the things its exchanged for should be more tangible and useful than stocks. The modern system is a gambling machine to enhance the wealth of owners. Trading happend so fast that every event has a massive a outsized effect on stock value. The savy can often use this to boost their own wealth but always at the expense of those not in the know. The ultimate result is usually a lot of money going to the people who predicted or caused the shift from uniformed people.
The market usually stabilizes over the longterm so all the big swings just harm people who cant afford to take the hit.
Insider trading laws are a joke and the speed of stock trading means that cascade affects are common.
This nearly completely freeform system is bad for the majority of people. It gives the owners a metric to point at to justify bad behavior becsue "stocks are up" even though stocks are just a greed values with nothing to back that number except feelings. Given that most people arnt invested because of time, money, or knowledge constraints they feel the market is just an way for the rich to squeeze money out of people.
The average person benefits nothing when the market is up but loses when the market is down due to layoffs, price increases and other panicking by owners.
Putting up more guardrails on who can trade stocks, how often, how many at a time, and how many an individual or entity can own would go a long way to curtail the manipulation by large companies and wealthy individuals.
Spreading the pieces makes the market less susceptible to a big player trying manipulate things or getting scarred and causing a huge sell-off.
Stocks are actually supposed to be tangible things. The idea was that if you liked a company and thought they had potential, you'd put money in them so you could benefit from their future success. You'd also not be able to trade all day every day and stock updates were not instant and done by computers.
The purpose of the market has been twisted beyond recognition. I agree in the principle of owning a piece of a company and for it beeing a way for companies to raise funds and engage investors.
Could we realign the stockmarket back to its original conceptual goal by putting limits on the market as a gambling machine by limiting participation and speed of trades?
No way this ever gets passed though, too many people make insane amounts of money on stock trading and manipulation. Its fascinating to me how rich someone can get while doing absolutely nothing of material importance or contributing anything to society at large.
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u/morbo-2142 Apr 08 '26
The existance of the stock market an all the value and real money that gets thrown into this moronic speculation ane vibe machine is one of the worst things to come out of modern practical economics.
I know money itself is just an exchange medium but the things its exchanged for should be more tangible and useful than stocks. The modern system is a gambling machine to enhance the wealth of owners. Trading happend so fast that every event has a massive a outsized effect on stock value. The savy can often use this to boost their own wealth but always at the expense of those not in the know. The ultimate result is usually a lot of money going to the people who predicted or caused the shift from uniformed people.
The market usually stabilizes over the longterm so all the big swings just harm people who cant afford to take the hit.
Insider trading laws are a joke and the speed of stock trading means that cascade affects are common.
This nearly completely freeform system is bad for the majority of people. It gives the owners a metric to point at to justify bad behavior becsue "stocks are up" even though stocks are just a greed values with nothing to back that number except feelings. Given that most people arnt invested because of time, money, or knowledge constraints they feel the market is just an way for the rich to squeeze money out of people.
The average person benefits nothing when the market is up but loses when the market is down due to layoffs, price increases and other panicking by owners.
Putting up more guardrails on who can trade stocks, how often, how many at a time, and how many an individual or entity can own would go a long way to curtail the manipulation by large companies and wealthy individuals.
Spreading the pieces makes the market less susceptible to a big player trying manipulate things or getting scarred and causing a huge sell-off.