• kameecoding@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    I am currently setting up my investment portfolio and considering putting like 5-10% into crypto etfs, I literally hate crypto, the only reason I would do it is to bet on people being stupid enough and keeping investing into crypto.

    It would be literally a bet on the HL Mencken quote

    No one in this world, so far as I know […] has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.

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        19 hours ago

        If you invest in an S&P500 ETF you are betting on the US economy continuing to grow, if you invest in Euro 6xx etf you are betting on Europe to grow,

        If you invest in a world ETF like VWCE you are betting on the world economy continuing to grow, it’s still fucking gambling it’s just the playing the odds.

        Me investing in a crypto ETF would be me betting that people are stupid enough to keep putting money into it.