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I am considering it flawed in that we shouldn't have these drops, or gains,...this volatility, like we have today. The high frequency trading, the quarterly out

I am considering it flawed in that we shouldn't have these drops, or gains,...this volatility, like we have today. The high frequency trading, the quarterly outlook, the amount of emotion, etc in the market is flawed. The average person should not have to worry about the market... ever. It shouldn't be the massive, speculative thing that it is today. Short term trading, as it is, needs to stop. Business does not work like that and their stock prices should not either. This is a very surface level explanation, I could write a paper and go on forever. To sum it up, we shouldn't have huge corrections because we shouldn't have 'cheer-leader'ed it up in the first place.

nostrademons 11y ago
Why not? The point of a market is that the price signal reflects all publicly available information available at an instant in time. If more information becomes available, or if the information is uncertain and can be interpreted many ways, the price should jump around. That's what makes it an effective market. The average person doesn't have to worry about the market - they can park their money in an index fund, buy when they have spare money, sell when they retire, and forget about the price in the intervening years.
lmm 11y ago
> The average person should not have to worry about the market... ever. And they don't. The market, the real-time market, is there for those that need it. If you're not one of those, just ignore it.