Now you are the one who contradicted himself several times in one post. You are apparently stumbling over your own cynicism.
Lol, you are either the most cynical person I have ever seen or you have no clue what you are talking about.
Please point the contradiction/s out... ----- Id like to point out that if significant portion of your income originates from speculation then you are con artist IMO. Otherwise you are failed investor IMO. Its a legal pyramid scheme. And i wish you good luck with your schemes.
What? So you are claiming a legal and ethical edge does not exist in financial trading? I wonder what you are doing here then unless you are the con artist.
If legal=ethical then i believe markets are legal pyramid scheme and a way of channeling resource. Openly available edges can exist in markets...that can be used to taken advantge of society. In the end you may gain something that requires someones real work like purchasing products , house, car or whatever. So i would consider it scheming as IMO not much of real world value is produced trough speculation. Not con artist in the classical definition but in the scheming sence, even if all is legally correct. Also IMO businesses are usually pyramid schemes. Ways of channeling resource from work of many to few... But human nature is greedy so i see nothing wrong. Its gods work.
I see, we seem to have fundamentally different understandings of acting legally and ethically. Con by wide agreement is someone who acts illegally and/or unethically. My breathing in oxygen takes available oxygen away from you. That's an entirely different topic
In your opinion are stock market ads con? If its all legal... Like convincing someone gets something while with other hand taking it away... Triggering greed in order to take advantage. Most lose...
I don't know what "stock market ads" are. Do you? Perhaps you are in the wrong industry if you feel so conflicted and seemingly have issues differentiating between right and wrong? Did your parents or teachers not bring you up pointing out what is right and wrong? There are books you could read...
I get too many of those conning broker ads and affiliate program ads. Cant even use internet without. Perhaps its my doublethink. What conflict do you see? Right and wrong... Law does not mean ethical IMO. Politicians who make laws can be unethical or manipulated by lobbyists. Making government organized crime where right hand does not know what left does... What book should i read?