by Stoffel | May 21, 2026 | Speculation
In June 2020, a 20-year-old student named Alex Kearns logged into his Robinhood account and saw a balance of negative $730,165. He had been trading options – complex instruments he did not fully understand – and the figure on the screen, which turned out to be a...
by Stoffel | Oct 15, 2024 | Biases, Decision Making, Speculation
Many people lost lots of money in the past “investing” too much of their money into perceived lucrative opportunities. Think Gamestop. During the GameStop short squeeze in early 2021, many retail investors rushed to buy GME shares as the stock price soared due to the...