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What makes you "think" that? A hunch? Blind trust in ~90-year-old regulatory structures? How many people reviewed the Enron disclosures? How many amateur daytr
by gojomo 6y ago
What makes you "think" that? A hunch? Blind trust in ~90-year-old regulatory structures?
How many people reviewed the Enron disclosures? How many amateur daytraders & Robinhood investors read all the disclosures of the "public" securities they hop into and out of?
Aren't all levels of investors leveraging the greater attention of a smaller group of experts? Couldn't some non-millionaires – there are a lot of them, with many diverse skills! – be the kind of highly-attentive 'leads' who help vet firms for larger networks?
Is an inherited-funds millionaire, no matter how dumb or lazy, more immune from the risks of non-disclosure than a young & ambitious non-millionaire? How about a non-millionaire with graduate degrees in business, finance, law? Why not test competence, not net worth?
Would you also only allow the high-net-worth to do other risky activities, like drive private cars, play contact sports, camp on public lands, visit the beaches?
How about raise children? There, a life is at stake. Do we dare let these gullible, barely-adult non-millionaires, the kind of rubes who would throw all their money away on unwise private investments if the SEC didn't save them, have children?
And if slick founders can easily fleece these childlike non-millionaires through deceptive promises, what chance do these wisdom-constrained individuals have against slick politicians? Is it really prudent to let non-millionaires vote?