VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 8 days agoIt's all aspirational isn't it?discuss.onlineimagemessage-square75linkfedilinkarrow-up1921arrow-down111
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minus-squareMochiGoesMeow@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoSimiliar to what happened in the roaring twenties if I read this History channel article correctly. But not exactly the same. Wild to read banks lend money to people to buy stocks back then. Do they still do that today?
minus-squareMr_WorldlyWiseman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoThey do, it’s called margin trading, shorting, and options trading. Most private equity firms do it.
Similiar to what happened in the roaring twenties if I read this History channel article correctly. But not exactly the same. Wild to read banks lend money to people to buy stocks back then. Do they still do that today?
They do, it’s called margin trading, shorting, and options trading. Most private equity firms do it.