> Why the discrepancy? Do people believe that successful stock traders in general are more honest and law-abiding than top athletes?
It's probably more to due with your audience than "people in general". The type of people who can/will discuss financial markets tend to be invested in financial markets, and thus do not want to understand. If you have your sense of self-worth (in more ways than one), tied up in the numbers in your brokerage account, would you readily accept the idea that your heros and "investment mentors" are cheats and liars?
How many amateur athletes would believe that professionals are all doping relative the broader population that is not so invested in sports?
It's probably more to due with your audience than "people in general". The type of people who can/will discuss financial markets tend to be invested in financial markets, and thus do not want to understand. If you have your sense of self-worth (in more ways than one), tied up in the numbers in your brokerage account, would you readily accept the idea that your heros and "investment mentors" are cheats and liars?
How many amateur athletes would believe that professionals are all doping relative the broader population that is not so invested in sports?