Is the stock market like a gamble?

my friend told me that gambling and the stock market are not the same thing...i say it is!

No.

Do you believe Coca-Cola will still be in business by the time your grandson is dead?

When was the last time Coca-Cola actually lose money in a year?

Coca-Cola used to sell Fanta and Sprite.
Coca-Cola now sells Orange Juice, Water, Gatorade (Powerade) and Red Bull (Burn)

Do you believe Coca-Cola will sell milk in the future?

If somebody tells you to buy Coca-Cola stock today and you hold it for several decades then will you make millions or will you lose your money?

Do you see a straight line below going from $7.00 (Give or take a few USD) to $60.00 (Give or take a few USD) or do you see CHAOS?

If you graph a dice then you will sometimes see a 1 and sometimes you will see a 6 and the graph will look a lot like CHAOS because the chances are always the same (16%)

If you do it enough times then you will see the graph always is random and there is no path.

Do you see RANDOM in the graph below?

Do I make sense or am I mad? (And billions more buying and selling stocks)

We don't gamble with our money.

If we want to gamble then we go to Macau.

If we want to make money then we go to New York.

If you need a more scientific proof then open a brokerage account at Zecco and let's buy a few Coca-Cola shares for just educational purposes and you will make $100.00 in a few days.

Maybe you will get lucky and win.

However, if we keep doing it over and over again for a few times in a roll then it stops looking like a gamble and starts looking more like a science.

To me it's not gambling. Gambling is 50%-50% winning. While stock you usually win in long term. Especially if you know the company well. If you say its gambling, then you didn't have good knowledge at it. Learn more.

It can be used as a gamble, but then so can a raindrop running down a window!
Investing in shares is not a gamble, any more than buying a house. Of course there is always risk in doing anything. Also if you buy shares you are buying part of a company. If that company has been around for years, trading profitably, that's not gambling, is it?
On the other hand if you buy an option and gear your stake right up then It is.
P.S. Does it matter, life's a gamble.

With the stock market, things aren't pure chance like many gambling games are - you can educate yourself and give yourself an overall edge, and invest more conservatively or aggressively. But yes, there's certainly some element of a gamble in stock investments.

The stock market has created more millionaires than any other source. Gambling, has created more addictions than any other source. Now, if you're a gambler who day-trades, or is looking for a quick buck... getting into the stock market is only going to develop that destructive personality. Responsible investors make money in the long run.

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right.
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Life too is a gamble.. no one knows about our next moment
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Every business too is a gamble..
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Stocks >>> at least gives us the opportunity to take out our cash anytime we need it..
It is a gamble, but gambling with brain, is a safe gamble ..
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No its not. If you know what your doing and actually learn it instead of just throwing money down on companies that sound cool or ones that you shop at, its not a gamble. The stock market has nearly crashed about 2 times in the past 4 years and I lost some but it didnt wipe me out or even make a dent in the profits Ive made and I was making my entire living from stocks during both times. I sell domains now and they are definately less risky, but if you know what you are doing with stocks it is not a gamble at all. People who buy stocks based on instinct, or because they heard their friend say that its a good stock thats going up, those are the people that lose everything and then spread rumors about how the stock market is so risky and this and that. There are millions of people that make a living everyday on stocks, and yes there are more risks with stocks then a normal job, but there are many ways to safeguard yourself. Right now I would say, yes its a gamble to invest in usa stocks. But that is because of the economy and all this talk about recession. But next year it may be back to normal again, thats why I trade domains instead because they don't ever seem to drop in value. Last year I lost about $1400 on one of those days, but I had $30,000 on one stock which was gambling and I knew it was gambling and I just did it because I like the gambling side of it. But $1400 is not anything near what I make a year from stocks so it wasnt a big deal. If I didnt want it to be a gamble, I could have split that money up into internatonal markets and split it up into like $4,000 for each stock I choose. Then it wouldnt be a gamble. So is it a gamble? Only for the people who treat it like that, or look at it like that (or in my case, have fun with it like that). But to anybody considering stocks this year, I would say don't. Unless you know how to day trade in a down market, I don't think the forecast is looking too good. You should consider trading domain names because you can make the same kind of money but with less risk(if you buy a domain name that is actually worth something and you do your research and buy it for a good price, its virtually impossible to lose anything from it and domain names are valid through out the world so even if usa economy does bad, domains will not lose value because of it).

It depends on what knowledge you take with you when you enter.

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