That's largely intuition born out of Protestant work ethic and a distrust of liquidity. Here's an example. A Bangledeshi farmer grows a perishable crop only Americans will eat. Let's say this crop has about a month shelf life, so it depreciates in value every day. This farmer needs to round up as many end consumers as possible to buy his crop as soon as possible. Who's better equipped to do that? Your farmer or the "investment flipper?"
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