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Re:News Is Bad for You by Zetice on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @11:19AM (#36601634)
Er, individual stock trading is gambling, not investing.
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Re:News Is Bad for You by efields on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @11:29AM (#36601785)
Every investment is a gamble.
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Re:News Is Bad for You by Zetice on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @11:36AM (#36601891)
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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