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How Is the Stock Market Different From Gambling?

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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I have no problems with money market funds or other legitimate means of investing. Your question, one that I frequently receive, is to understand the difference between gambling and investing.

The difference between these two is vast but can be confusing, especially for those who don't regularly engage in either, because there is risk in both.

At the heart of it, gambling is based upon chance, and all must lose for one to gain. But investing is based upon knowledge and all have the opportunity to win. Both involve risk, but only investing allows equal opportunity for all to benefit.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/is-investing-an-unbiblical-form-of-gambling-160486/#MjtBqrm10dLLFrIr.99

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