I don't understand it. If you'd bought Amazon, Microsoft or Apple stock in 2000 and held on to it you'd be a very happy person right now. Why so much bitterness about tech stocks?
Hmm ... despite the 'tech boom' technology actually came out better and stronger. Don't you think that the tech sector (and technology in general) is a lot more valuable today than it was in 2000?
As for 2007 - present, wtf ... stocks have been on the rise for ten years. The only people who really lost out and had their lives affected were people who lose their jobs and their homes. What are you complaining about?
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I like to see other people showing their trades (especially if they can explain it simply and well), and the daily small article from the trader is free and worth looking at even if only to criticize.
Just making a start on Burton Malkiel's 'A random walk down Wall Street'. Found a nice quite already: 'Financial analysts in pin-striped suits do not like being compared to bare-assed apes.'
But presumably Burton is getting paid to provide financial advice himself?
You need to be a professional investor / industry insider and / or have £500,000 to open a CFD account. I suspect having at least £500,000 to deposit is given the greater weight.