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The reason the stock market is generally referred to as "investing" instead of "gambling" is because the expected return is positive instead of negative. While
by seanflyon 12y ago
The reason the stock market is generally referred to as "investing" instead of "gambling" is because the expected return is positive instead of negative. While I would not recommend randomly investing, it's not such a terrible thing.
- alex_duf 12y agoThat's making the assumption that economy can grow indefinitely. I wouldn't be surprise if we hit the roof soon.
- seanflyon 12y agoI wouldn't rule out the possibility of the market crashing. I would rule out the possibility of us being near any kind of fundamental maximum amount of value in the economy.