Day traders–short term, high risk investors who buy and sell stock online from their own homes–account for a large, rapidly rising percentage of total stock-market activity. Why are so many Americans getting involved in day trading?

Day traders–short term, high risk investors who buy and sell stock online from their own homes–account for a large, rapidly rising percentage of total stock-market activity. Why are so many Americans getting involved in day trading?

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