One of Ghandi’s Seven Deadly Sins is “Commerce without morality.” Being a Sauder student, I cannot help but be thrown off by the famous statement. Finance is a large part of commerce and many people think that finance is evil due to stock market deceptions. Executives of top firms, shareholders, market and finance professionals, all lie at one point or another with the sole goal of profit in mind. They lie to investors, hide the truth, or manipulate data in order to encourage people to invest in stocks. They raise investors’ expectations and pretend to help investors gain profit. However, a lot of it is going into the pockets of executives, and not investors themselves. Greed and deceptions of financial markets and banks are believed to be the root cause of the financial crisis. Of course, that is only the dark side of finance. We have to remember that financial companies also offer us a chance to gain large profits in a short period of time. As risky as it may be, financial markets allow us to share these risks with others. With finance, people can spread the cost through mortgages, and in turn, invest the money in other ventures.