Cool Down The Story Stock

Something is terribly broken.

When a traded company is SOARING by 1,100% in two days, just because the richest man in the world mentioned another company with the same name, "investing" can no longer be attributed to the stock exchange.

When a startup allows inexperienced and investing-ignorant youngsters to trade OPTIONS just for the sake of making money, you know that company's evil and exploitative.

What happened to Value Investing?

Value has been exhumed from the word "investing in the stock market," and it should now be described as "putting my money on a good story."

It's about the story behind the stock, or the "Story Stock" that will benefit from the interest, and not the one that is actually undervalued.

It's no longer about researching a stock, checking its balance sheet, or understanding what the company does.

No, it's just PR investing - if the right person mentions them in the right context and it will soar.

Add to that the fact that about 70-80 percent of overall trading volume is generated through algorithmic trading, and you realize that you're not looking for value, but for technicalities.

Limit the trading

Because of all of that and more, and it may sound too progressive, we need to change the game rules a bit and cool the act of putting money in the stock exchange down, for the safety of the investors.

I think that trading should be limited to be done once every 2-3 days to match a news cycle. This way, I believe that people will have a safer way to evaluate the stock and whether they want to hold it for a longer time.

What do you think? Is it too extreme?