I have a friend who belongs to the Pennsylvania Trappers Association and who is also a card carrying Vegan. The ying and the yang keep her balanced. Trap the critters and eat kale for dessert. It is difficult to argue with her because I practice a similar dichotomy. I read three financial newspapers, hundreds of financial internet articles a week and play the market like a riverboat gambler. I am also a democratic socialist who believes we need more resource sharing and less capitalism.
There is something so elemental about the stock market that is hard to resist. Sell when the herd is greedy and buy when the lemmings are struck with fear and following each other over the cliff. Besides when your country provides no guarantee of a comfortable retirement and takes away the economic and social compact established by Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson, a little gambling is not a bad idea. I wonder if they play the stock market in Denmark or Sweden.
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