Financial Porn

Different than the Financials of Porn, which remains the most popular elective at Wharton.

Just as real porn is...we'll say “romance,” drained of any context...financial porn is business news drained of any nuance or atmosphere. It’s articles like “Dow 100,000 in Our Lifetime” or “This Grandma Turned Her Social Security Check Into a Private Jet Speculating on Bitcoin.”

Sensational coverage of financial markets that should be consumed as entertainment, but has a tendency to prompt unsophisticated investors to make questionable money management decisions...that's financial porn.