Investing in stocks is definitely akin to gambling. With individual stocks, you are just betting on horses. With hedging, you are betting on economic sectors

Investing in stocks is definitely akin to gambling. With individual stocks, you are just betting on horses. With hedging, you are betting on economic sectors (which can be as large as the whole world economic system) growing infinitely. And regarding systems growing infinitely in limited environments, I have some bad news for you. Some would call them cancerous.