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by jon_dahl 5560 days ago
Not at all. A stock represents a share of a company's earnings, which has real fundamental value. There are bubbles and random swings, but at the end of the day, a stock is worth something like the present value of future dividends. (Even for a non-dividend-paying stock - the idea being that eventually the company will mature and start paying a dividend.)