Thursday, November 01, 2007 4:15:01 PM
In terms of all the manipulation being done on a daily basis JUST to get money from retail investors...
Many retail investors only interaction with the stock market is to have a small portion of their paycheck transferred to a mutual fund in their 401k plan on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis, where they can't trade it except on a monthly or quarterly basis.
It's hard to believe that the day-to-day or minute by minute manipulations of stocks by "hedgies" will affect them at all. (Unless they have their entire retirement fund wrapped up in stock from company they work for, and the company won't let them diversify when things are going south, e.g., Enron.)
Diversify, diversify, diversify!
Then again, if gambling is where you get your thrills, carry on.
Many retail investors only interaction with the stock market is to have a small portion of their paycheck transferred to a mutual fund in their 401k plan on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis, where they can't trade it except on a monthly or quarterly basis.
It's hard to believe that the day-to-day or minute by minute manipulations of stocks by "hedgies" will affect them at all. (Unless they have their entire retirement fund wrapped up in stock from company they work for, and the company won't let them diversify when things are going south, e.g., Enron.)
Diversify, diversify, diversify!
Then again, if gambling is where you get your thrills, carry on.
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