I don't really remember that interest in in finance and trading before. And i think it's obviously a function of crypto, which has this real ethos of like, everyone, you know, now is responsible for their own financial life. For me, people seeing investment as entertainment feels like a step back for their finances. I've always found high finance interesting. But all my money is an index igon. Most boring investor, right? Like, i sort of think, like, i worked at a place where like, professionals, like, very seriously, sat down and thought professionally about money.
Matt Levine is a finance columnist for Bloomberg News. His newsletter is Money Stuff.
”I write a lot about people who have gotten in trouble with the SEC or the Justice Department. And a surprising subset of them will email me. And often I will have made fun of them, and they'll be like, ‘That was pretty fair.’”
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