The Market Is People: Why We’ll Always Be Students

What Cancer Taught Me About Markets

We speak of “playing the market” with the confidence of chess masters contemplating the next move. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: the market isn’t a game we play. It’s a game that plays us.

For decades, I’ve watched analysts, economists, and traders—me included—try to decode the market’s mysteries. We build models, chart patterns, and calculate prob…