I'm happy to admit that I don't know too much about how financial markets work. It looks like an elaborate form of gambling to me. There is stuff like high frequency trading where computers make a series of very quick transactions to make some gains. Apparently it reached a level where companies were paying a lot to get faster communications to the exchange so they could gain some advantage. It doesn't seem to have much to do with boosting the economy in general.
The cryptocurrency markets are also a form of casino where some manipulation goes on. I just read this article about some possible rigging of the Bitcoin price by some group that has a few million dollars behind them. Bitcoin may seem big with a $50 billion market cap, but some carefully placed trades can affect it. I don't understand the whole article, but they seem convinced something dodgy is going on.
I don't play the markets, but I keep an eye on Coinmarketcap to see how Steem is doing. In general is seems to depend on how Bitcoin is doing as that affects most other coins, but it just takes some press coverage for Steem to swing up or down.
I'm just not much of a gambler. I plan to hold most of the Steem I've made and hope for the best in the long term. I just have tiny amounts of some other coins. My Eobot mining will only make me a few dollars per year, but then I've not invested much in it.
I learn a lot about this topic just from Steemit as I know a lot of people here are into it. Just keep on keeping me informed.
Steem on.
I'll buy guitar picks for Steem Dollars
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