Investing is planning for the future. It is a critical tool for society. Everyone from individuals to important institutions like universities and pensions need to invest. It is a need of the many, not a diversion for the few.
Because of HFT, it has become popular to blindly condemn investing.
I went to college because an endowment was able to provide me with a scholarship. Investing has a huge effect on society and on people.
It's such a shame that we have people posting comments online when they haven't the slightest clue what they're talking about. Do you really believe finance is a valueless and damaging industry?
If so, do you realize that all the electronics you're using to post your nonsensical comment were made possible BECAUSE of finance?
Sure not everything in finance is good - but that's the same in any other industry. In tech you have people who write programs to destroy other people's data, in biology, you have people trying to create bio-weapons. EVERYTHING has the potential to be damaging!
But finance, finance makes it possible to have all the amazing advances we've had! How could small companies be able to grow and spend on R&D as they did without the aid of financing?
Just because it's hip to bash finance, doesn't mean it's right. Don't be a brainless sheep mindlessly following others. Try thinking for yourself, you might be surprised with what you come up with.
Because of HFT, it has become popular to blindly condemn investing.
I went to college because an endowment was able to provide me with a scholarship. Investing has a huge effect on society and on people.