dilloduck
Diamond Member
Not necessarily. The house doesn't always win in the stock market. The difference is that in the market, it's not a game of chance. You can tangibly increase your chances of profit by educating yourself and scrutinizing companies. By understanding how the market as a whole works, you can ascertain whether or not a specific company is going to prosper or deteriorate in the current economic conditions.
An easy one to call was Wal Mart. A little over a year ago, when I knew this financial mess was on the way, I put a few bucks on it long. I got out of it too soon though, because I was afraid of the Dollar at the time. I still made a nice little chunk. It was easy to call, because knowing the economic conditions were going to be deteriorating, you know that Wal Mart will do well because they're the cheap place to buy goods. I also made a few bucks in Family Dollar, a Dollar store chain. You know they'll do well in bad economic times.
Unless you have figured out way to take it with you when you die, the house ALWAYS wins.