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Unless you are talking about owning a casino, I can't think of any interpretation of what you are saying that is true. Index funds have a long history of steady

by qnleigh 9mo ago

Unless you are talking about owning a casino, I can't think of any interpretation of what you are saying that is true. Index funds have a long history of steady growth. Las Vegas businesses make their profits off of the reliable losses of their customers.

Joel_Mckay 9mo ago
What people say they do, and what they actually do... are very different events. =3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning
- pinkmuffinere 9mo ago
  I don't like your non-genuine engagement with this conversation. You've made outrageous claims, backed up with no data, and then seemingly pre-emptively linked to a page about trolling by asking for evidence. Well I'll ask you for evidence anyways lol. And I'll also give some that points against your outrageous claims: Retail investment in the stock market is at all time highs [1], and the percentage of investment in passive indices is also at an all time high [2]. It is _possible_ that retail investors are perversely fighting the trends and increasing their investments primarily by engaging in day-trade-esque behavior, but that would surprise me. Especially given that retirement accounts strongly encourage funds. I'd love to see some data pointing definitively either way though. [1] https://www.jpmorganchase.com/institute/all-topics/financial-health-wealth-creation/a-decade-in-the-market-how-retail-investing-behavior-has-shifted-since-2015 https://www.jpmorganchase.com/institute/all-topics/financial... [2] https://www.morningstar.com/funds/8-charts-us-fund-flows-2025-highest-net-inflows-since-2021#:~:text=Download%20CSV.-,Passive%20Continues%20to%20Separate%20From%20Active,-Since%20passive%20funds https://www.morningstar.com/funds/8-charts-us-fund-flows-202...
  - Joel_Mckay 9mo ago
    >You've made outrageous claims, backed up with no data In general, over the long term most amateurs do better investing in real-estate rather than the stock market. This is a well proven fact true for over a century, and making it some sort of personal argument is bizarre behavior. You can spend 30 seconds looking it up, or continue to shovel your BS. =3

by qnleigh 9mo ago

Joel_Mckay 9mo ago

What people say they do, and what they actually do... are very different events. =3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning

pinkmuffinere 9mo ago
I don't like your non-genuine engagement with this conversation. You've made outrageous claims, backed up with no data, and then seemingly pre-emptively linked to a page about trolling by asking for evidence. Well I'll ask you for evidence anyways lol. And I'll also give some that points against your outrageous claims: Retail investment in the stock market is at all time highs [1], and the percentage of investment in passive indices is also at an all time high [2]. It is _possible_ that retail investors are perversely fighting the trends and increasing their investments primarily by engaging in day-trade-esque behavior, but that would surprise me. Especially given that retirement accounts strongly encourage funds. I'd love to see some data pointing definitively either way though. [1] https://www.jpmorganchase.com/institute/all-topics/financial-health-wealth-creation/a-decade-in-the-market-how-retail-investing-behavior-has-shifted-since-2015 https://www.jpmorganchase.com/institute/all-topics/financial... [2] https://www.morningstar.com/funds/8-charts-us-fund-flows-2025-highest-net-inflows-since-2021#:~:text=Download%20CSV.-,Passive%20Continues%20to%20Separate%20From%20Active,-Since%20passive%20funds https://www.morningstar.com/funds/8-charts-us-fund-flows-202...
- Joel_Mckay 9mo ago
  >You've made outrageous claims, backed up with no data In general, over the long term most amateurs do better investing in real-estate rather than the stock market. This is a well proven fact true for over a century, and making it some sort of personal argument is bizarre behavior. You can spend 30 seconds looking it up, or continue to shovel your BS. =3