/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>15065264
>$4 FIT put didnt go through
>would have made a good bone or two from it
why is it so hard to ignore missed chances

>>15065377
because value can be created from goods and services

if a ten lb piece of wood costs $5, but a ten lb wooden statue is sold for $50, then where did that extra value come from?

we live in capitalist economy, not ancient system of mercantilism, cash is not a finite resource based on materials
money is used for transactions as a store of wealth, money itself is not wealth, money is the lubricant that allows wealth to be transferred from one person to anther