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smoorman1024 · 3962 days ago · link · · parent · post: Let it be resolved that algorithmic trading represents an immediate existential threat to the modern world | ThoughtInfection
kleinbl00 the market is not that simple. If it was everyone would make money. Analysts estimates are a poll done by a financial news source and companies estimates are just where the board thought they would be at that time. Each investor in the market though is going to have their own expectations and perhaps they weren't polled when the estimates were taken. On top of that there are a lot of participants that are going to be trading on momentum or are going to try to arbitrage individual stocks with ETFs their a member of. You have to look at it this way. Thousand of participants all with their own opinions trying to make money. The ones that are right make money and survive. The ones that are wrong lose money and exit the market.