> I suppose this is no more risky than buying something on a credit card, then selling a stock to pay off the card after a month. It's definitely more risky th

> I suppose this is no more risky than buying something on a credit card, then selling a stock to pay off the card after a month. It's definitely more risky than that. With the credit card strategy your maximum loss is whatever the interest rate on the credit card is. The stock market could drop by a much larger amount.