Wealthsimple’s new prediction markets app exposes gaps in Canada’s gambling protections

https://theconversation.com/wealthsimples-new-prediction-markets-app-exposes-gaps-in-canadas-gambling-protections-285775

Author: Jeffrey Derevensky | Professor & Chair, Educational & Counselling Psychology, McGill University

Wealthsimple is launching a CIRO-approved prediction markets app soon. The evidence suggests most traders lose money, and the products look a lot like gambling.

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CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 13d (1 reply)

Honestly, I am very disappointed by Wealthsimple (and Questrade) for releasing this blight on consumer investors who are too ignorant to distinguish long-term investment from gambling.

villasv@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 13d

Not disappointed because I expected no more, these companies already pray on day traders gamblers, they were just missing out on the latest "products" so it was a matter of time