Are You Gambling or Investing? Here’s How to Tell
Investing in the stock market over many decades offers most people an incredible opportunity to build wealth.
Does that surprise you? If so, you’re not alone. Over the course of my career as a financial planner, I’ve found that many people look at the stock market with skepticism, anxiety or even fear.
To these people, investing money in the stock market doesn’t look any different than walking into a casino and putting your life savings down on black at the roulette wheel. It doesn’t seem like a reliable way to grow assets.
Instead, it looks like gambling.