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Is lending not a trade? Two parties exchange money for terms of repayment/debt.

• linkregister 1mo ago
  The trading occurring on the Bloomberg terminal is of bonds, equities, and commodities.
  • wyre 1mo ago
    Sure, this subthread was about finance people in general, the big short in 2008, and other government-funded bailouts.
    • graemep 1mo ago
      If you look at ancestors there are repeated references to trades and trading, not to finance or banking.
      • globular-toast 1mo ago
        Unless you're trading physical goods for other physical goods, ie. bartering, then it's finance.