As others have said, portfolio diversification (i.e. spreading your money around between lots of different asset classes) is more important than playing the sto

As others have said, portfolio diversification (i.e. spreading your money around between lots of different asset classes) is more important than playing the stock market well. Most people cannot play the stock market well, and even those who make it their day-job often don't end up playing it well. The reality is that the stock market is just too random to game reliably.