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by Zetice 1082 days ago
Er, individual stock trading is gambling, not investing.
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efields 1082 days ago
Every investment is a gamble.
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Zetice 1082 days ago
A gamble vs. gambling; English is weird, the former means a general risk/reward bet, whereas the latter means to take undue risk for entertainment purposes.

Buying individual stocks is the act of taking unknown risk for entertainment purposes.

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