The purpose of this paper is to study whether speculative activities are ethically justified. The importance of this topic derives from the fact that many of the activities which configure a modern economy contain a speculative component. The analysis is based on the premise that the ethical...

The HODL ideology overgeneralizes the buy-and-hold strategy for risky assets, leading to potential harm in investor wealth accumulation and investor-advisor relations. It originates from misunderstandings of financial theories, empirical evidence, technical analysis, and market timing. I provide...