You're commenting on a piece from Barron's -a widely regarded financial newspaper since 1921- not something from a blogmill.
So the better question is this: why do any of the professional journalists covering finance and capital markets do it when they could be participants instead? Maybe they like reporting more. It's kind of like asking why aren't all astronomers astronauts?
So the better question is this: why do any of the professional journalists covering finance and capital markets do it when they could be participants instead? Maybe they like reporting more. It's kind of like asking why aren't all astronomers astronauts?