What differentiates the stock market from any other form of gambling? I play the market but I am under no illusion as to what I am doing. It’s gambling. Legalized gambling.
Only fools play the market.
The odds are a bit better.
Don’t agree with you about everything, but by definition stocks are a gamble.
My late grandfather was an Old Lutheran. Stocks were the same as gambling and forbidden.
However, the old guy could play the commodities like a master (old farmer). Asked him once what the difference was, and after he calmed down he said “because I HAVE the beans and corn to sell, not just a piece of paper!”.
Capitalism is somewhat of a gamble, but it’s better than socialism where the majority are guaranteed to have nothing.