Quote from: Inwestour on Today at 11:04:57 AM

Quote from: coupable on July 05, 2025, 06:55:59 PM

I said that investing is similar to gambling in that it involves a certain degree of risk. I differentiate between gambling, which is a recreational activity that can become a behavioral addiction, and investing, which is a productive practice in which the risk level can be reduced depending on the individual investor's skills, his ability to develop a realistic business plan, and his readiness to work towards it later. Please don't interpret my words with ideas I didn't intend. I believe my meaning is clear and does not require much interpretation.

No, gambling is nothing like investing. When I place a bet in gambling, I already accept that I might lose this money today. And I will not be too upset about it because I am prepared for that. As for investing, my investments in this area are much bigger and I am not ready to lose them at all. And secondly, these are long term investments from which I expect good profit. So I cannot even compare investing to gambling, for me it is a completely different thing.

If you have that kind of mindset then it's different though there are different perspectives in terms of treating investment, if you are good in improving your knowledge and skills most of the time, trading might be a good place to use your money while in gambling even how good you are in anticipating the outcome luck still play big in terms of outcomes, though it's a self-explain for each individuals who participate either gambling or investing if they can't control their emotions and don't have enough knowledge and patience inside investment or business they are treating their money as risk in whatever opportunity they think to put it in and see the result.