Has it ever occurred to you that whoever has the most money can manipulate stock prices so any investor is in not one of the insiders is a mark? It boggles my mind that so few investors realize the game is certainly rigged and they ARE going to consistently lose. Why not just go to a casino? There - at least theoretically - you know what the takeout is and can decide whether you get enough "fun" from your losses to make you think it worthwhile. Gambling is gambling and the house always wins.