Re: trading/investing in commodities - why do/have people prefer equit
Buying index funds is like 2/4 limit - any idiot can do it and you don't have to know what you're doing. Trading futures is like high stakes no limit - you have to be bankrolled well and know what you're doing. It's amazingly simplistic to look at futures and say they don't always go higher and higher like stocks do. Contrary to stocks, it's just as easy to short futures as it is to go long, and it's essential to do at times. A good trader can make money in futures or stocks.
Personally, I stick to stocks because I can find ones with a specific story that's likely to move the stock right now.
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