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[DonFerrari]

Teeqoz said:

DonFerrari said:

The environment he works is partially speculation and gamble even if you don't want to admit. Lottery is completely random, while trade market is nothing like it even during instability, it's just that most aren't really capable of safely predict what will happen.

In an instable market, it is pretty much random. None of the best investors do speculation. They invest in sound companies that they believe will do well for a longer period of time.

Have I said the good investors don't buy the stocks they believe will do better in the long time? Nope, but do they stop investing during unstable periods? I pretty much doubt it. And again what I said about speculation is that stock trade have a lot of them, you wanting or not, and it isn't even close to lottery, not in the probability of getting right nor in the amount paid back. Your analogy to lottery is as bad as people that say penalty kicks are lottery.