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November, 2012

Stocks as a Hobby

Considering stock-picking as an upper-middle-class hobby.
Unfortunately he ends up going in a bit of a different direction, but I think the idea that picking stocks is a hobby is an intriguing notion from Felix Salmon:
I had a fascinating lunch, a couple of weeks ago, which lodged in my mind the idea that stock picking, at least when practiced by individuals, is best analyzed as an upper-middle-class hobby rather than as purely profit-focused investing activity. Once you start looking at it that way, suddenly a lot of behavior, which looks irrational under most lights, starts making a lot of sense.
November 29, 2012
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