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I am not sure what you mean by "gambling" in relation to stockmarkets. Third parties offer services like spreads CDO's and binary bets (which actually are gamb
by lostboys67 9y ago
I am not sure what you mean by "gambling" in relation to stockmarkets.
Third parties offer services like spreads CDO's and binary bets (which actually are gambling).
Stock markets act as a market i.e. introducing investors to companies that need capital for example my latest buy was an American Investment trust Tetragon with out a stock market how would I be able to invest in them ?
- lbotos 9y agoI think it's the layman's "gambling": If I buy APPL today at X, I hope in 3 days it will be Y so I can sell. That's a gamble. You can use all forms of analysis and assessment to give you more confidence in the gamble, but it's absolutely a gamble.
- lostboys67 9y agoGambling implies a truly random outcome which is why Poker is a game of skill as is arguably horse racing :-) If you can identify an temporary overhang on a particular share you can make money as the discount narrows as I have done with Witan I also made a lot on Electra private equity as it was targeted by an activist investor and they realised some of their PE investments