I have a question about the Stock Market.

[otto105]

Possibly , but what has that got to do with the price of lettuce?

They're both worth about the same.

 

[luiza]

They're both worth about the same.

Silver and lettuce , or Gold and lettuce?
I suggest you stick to the lettuce if you are a rabbit .

I actually prefer Chinese Leaf l.
Those effing Chinese have even got that market sorted .

 

[Luckyone]

That is like saying that you're really losing out if you are not buying literary tickets.

There is no way to predict which stocks rise or fall. It's gambling.

Not all that much gambling is involved.

Yes, no one can guarantee what is going to happen, but companies do have businesses that offer services or products that the public wants and buys and that is something that people can monitor. In addition, some companies are better than others as they keep their costs down and have better systems that buy the needed supplies at lower costs than other companies and that is also quite reliable. Amazon is a good example of that, given that they offer lower prices (because they buy large quantities), more different products (meaning more buyers go there) and a better system of delivery, supply and guarantees.

As such, buying shares of Amazon is generally based on facts and not on chances (flip of a coin).

The word gambling suggests that you have a 50-50% chance of winning or losing and in many cases even a 40-60% chance of winning as there are costs involved that are taken out from all bets. The stock market offers much higher percentages of winning if you do research into what you are doing. It is called "investing" and not gambling, even though in neither case it is a guaranteed win. In life, there is absolutely nothing that is guaranteed, meaning that life itself can be considered "gambling".

 

[luiza]

. In life, there is absolutely nothing that is guaranteed, meaning that life itself can be considered "gambling".

Such undiluted ignorance .
It is not "life" that can be viewed as a Gamble .
Life ( Universe ) simply is , and is referred to as the Eternal Now .
It is the decisions that an individual makes within Life that are the gamble .

A key difference , which losers like you apparently cannot even see .

Silver nuzzling up to 100 . Gold chugging daily toward 5000.
How is your Grift faring ,Mucky ?
ROFL .

Let's just say , Muckily .