Is Investing Gambling?
Gambling is a game, a contest. When you gamble, you take a chance that you will increase your money or lose your money. There's no way of knowing what will happen.
For some, investing is also a game. By investing, you are putting your money into something that you really believe will increase in value and be successful. If the investment is successful, you make money. Some people play with the market as a game and have fun with it. Others do it solely to make money and have no desire for enjoyment. Why don't they look at it as a game?
When you invest your money, you aren't gambling. Some investments are very far from gambling, they're not even close. Take government bonds for example. You might even say they are more likely to pay you back with interest than your employer is, assuming it's not a government employer. There is a tiny chance they won't pay you back, but only in the severest of cases.
How does the stock market work differently in the case of gambling? When you purchase stock, you become part owner in the company. By investing in that corporation, hopefully when they make a profit, you'll be paid in dividends, or if they are growing and increasing in value, the value of the stock will go up.
What about when you bet money at a casino or at a horse race? You don't own part of anything. You can't rely on the success of a stable business to make you money. You are just taking a chance that you could win. A low chance at that.
You can use investing as another source of income. By investing, your money is working to earn money just as you do at your job. If you ever inherit or win a lot of money, never gamble it. Invest it in a low risk, stable investment and that money can grow exponentially over time.
Let's look at an example. You win $10,000 in a small lottery game, (which by the way is gambling to). You could go to a casino and double it 5 times, or even just once, but the chance of that happen is next to nothing. You'd probably end up losing it no matter how good a gambler you think you are. Or, you could put it into a stable mutual fund earning 8% a year for 30 years and even without adding anything to it have $100,000 by the end. What do you think? - 23159
For some, investing is also a game. By investing, you are putting your money into something that you really believe will increase in value and be successful. If the investment is successful, you make money. Some people play with the market as a game and have fun with it. Others do it solely to make money and have no desire for enjoyment. Why don't they look at it as a game?
When you invest your money, you aren't gambling. Some investments are very far from gambling, they're not even close. Take government bonds for example. You might even say they are more likely to pay you back with interest than your employer is, assuming it's not a government employer. There is a tiny chance they won't pay you back, but only in the severest of cases.
How does the stock market work differently in the case of gambling? When you purchase stock, you become part owner in the company. By investing in that corporation, hopefully when they make a profit, you'll be paid in dividends, or if they are growing and increasing in value, the value of the stock will go up.
What about when you bet money at a casino or at a horse race? You don't own part of anything. You can't rely on the success of a stable business to make you money. You are just taking a chance that you could win. A low chance at that.
You can use investing as another source of income. By investing, your money is working to earn money just as you do at your job. If you ever inherit or win a lot of money, never gamble it. Invest it in a low risk, stable investment and that money can grow exponentially over time.
Let's look at an example. You win $10,000 in a small lottery game, (which by the way is gambling to). You could go to a casino and double it 5 times, or even just once, but the chance of that happen is next to nothing. You'd probably end up losing it no matter how good a gambler you think you are. Or, you could put it into a stable mutual fund earning 8% a year for 30 years and even without adding anything to it have $100,000 by the end. What do you think? - 23159
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