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The risky business of gauging investors’ appetite for risk

ANALYSIS: Part two of a three-part series on the incredible case of a Canadian carpenter who became an options trader.

Many investors’ appetite for risk depends on whether greed or fear is dominating sentiment at that point in time. 

In my last column, I looked at how a carpenter from Vancouver Island in Canada managed to turn a modest investment of less than C$20,000 ($25,000) into a massive C$416 million over just three years. He did this by trading derivatives, largely in Tesla, and using lots of leverage.

Unfortunately, his

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Brent Sheather Sun, 20 Jul 2025
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