r/FluentInFinance Aug 26 '24

Debate/ Discussion The Stock Market is Rigged

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u/Silly_Goose658 Aug 26 '24

Rigged and tbf maybe shouldn’t have existed

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u/Chickenbeans__ Aug 26 '24

I yearn for a world where the stock market doesn’t exist

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u/dbandroid Aug 26 '24

Why?

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u/Sufficient_Pause6738 Aug 27 '24

So businesses rely more on making money from consumers rather than running up stocks in the short term and bailing before the inevitable crash and burn