Short sellers versus day traders

A couple of months ago, I wrote an impassioned article about the psychological risks of ‘free’ when it comes to most things in life, but in that case, brokerage in particular.

A couple of people thanked me for it.

But a couple of people said, ‘Can you tell me what broker you’re talking about’?

The sound you could hear was me hitting my head against a brick wall.

I was trying to warn people to be careful, and all some of them heard was ‘hey, this guy knows where I can get free brokerage’…

Such is life, of course. 

And it’s a free country, so they’re entitled to respond that way.

But it makes me reluctant to raise today’s topic.

Still… I will. On the off chance it’ll help someone.

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