Commemorating one year of buying stocks. The financial market is such an evil place; I've looked around and haven't found a single trace of goodwill in it. It's essentially something created by demons. Financial prosperity is an overdraft on the future. All wealth appreciation is, in essence, cashing in on the cost of life. Human desires, fears, and necessities are packaged into standardized contracts, and then through volatility, wealth is siphoned from the hands of those with low awareness and low stakes into the hands of efficient harvesters. It's utterly rotten.