So? When buyers push a deal, they design it so it's underpriced. When sellers push a deal, they want it overpriced. In other words, everyone is in this market t

So? When buyers push a deal, they design it so it's underpriced. When sellers push a deal, they want it overpriced. In other words, everyone is in this market to profit. You're acting like the motives are criminal, here. But if two people take opposite sides of the same trade, they will both have the sinister motive of picking the other side's pocket. That's why there's a big, detailed disclosure agreement. You can read it right here: http://tinyurl.com/y7rnyh3 http://tinyurl.com/y7rnyh3 . The lock/burglar analogy is flawed, because stealing destroys wealth. Inefficient asset allocations destroy wealth, and asset allocations can only be efficient when people with the same data and different interpretations are able to trade.