The money game
by Adam Smith · first published 1968
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…has been around since at least the 1920s. You sound like you could be an extremely capable investor; disillusionment is a really good starting point. The next step, if you're interested, is reading The Money Game by 'Adam Smith', which was written in the 1960s but reads like a description of the 2000s... I also recommend 1929: The Year of the Great Crash, although I forget the author at the moment.
on “Tesla Passes Ford by Market Value” ↗In a previous time I would have sent you to some classics on bubbles and their popping like The Money Game and Supermoney written under the pseudonym Adam Smith and in that time (it seems like forever ago) when people were into crypto there was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_Popular_Delusion...…
on “Ask HN: Any good resources or people to follow to stay informed on recession?” ↗People have been talking about finance for a long time. See https://www.amazon.com/Money-Game-Adam-Smith/dp/0394721039 from the 1960s. Certainly the stock market was a popular topic in the go-go years from 1995 to 2000 as well. I don't know if the environment has changed or if you have changed.
on “Why has finance become so important?” ↗