Kotas da? race da?

anushka fernando · 1 Kotas da? race da? Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:28 pm

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race dana1 suduvaknam kotas ganna1th suduvak kiyala kauru hari tharka kaloth denna puluvan hodama uththare mokakda?aththatama race dana1kei kotas ganudenu karana1i athara venasak thiyenavada?obe adahasa mokakda?

ddindika · 2 Re: Kotas da? race da? Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:59 pm

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Is the stock market gambling? That is a question that gets asked from time to time and when you buy a stock and it immediately goes down it sure seems like gambling. When you buy stocks, you can lose all your money. So, what then, is the difference between gambling and the stock market. Are the two really that much different?

Sometimes it may seem that you can lose just as easily at the stock market as you can at the blackjack table. Ask anyone who has lost money in Enron how they felt after their stock went to zero. You can lose big on a stock but rarely do companies go bankrupt and the stock go to zero. In blackjack or craps, however, losing all you have is quite common.

The difference between pure gambling and buying stocks of companies is that you are betting on the future of the company and you have a track record you can research. If you are invested in many stocks, you might say that you are invested in the future of the country. If something terrible happens to the country, like a natural disaster or a terrorist attack, stocks will go down. If the country flourishes and good times prevail, the stock market will most likely go up. By investing in the stock market you might say that you are betting on our future.

Gambling in a casino is a whole different scenario. There is no casino game that the player has an edge. Just take a look at how big Las Vegas has become to be sure that the house always has the advantage. You might be able to beat the house now and again but over the long run you will lose. When you are gambling in Las Vegas, you better be using money you don't need and are prepared to lose.

The key to investing in the stock market is doing research. If you were to just take a list of stocks and throw darts at them, it would be more similar to gambling. However, the more you learn about how companies are valued and operate, the more ammunition you will have when picking stocks.

When you buy a stock and it immediately goes down, it might sometimes feel like you are gambling but that is mostly out of frustration. If you do your homework and pick your stocks carefully, you should be able to make money long term in the stock market. One thing is for sure: the stock market is a much better place to be "betting" your money than the casinos.

ddindika · 3 Re: Kotas da? race da? Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:02 pm

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In most racing only luck determines if you win or lose - most of the time, you lose. In investing, an intelligent, diligent investor can consistently make a profit with a carefully chosen and researched portfolio of investments. Investing does entail some risks, but these can be minimized, and with intelligent investing, the numbers favor the investor.

You are mistaken if you believe that you get money from the stock market, "without doing a thing." Investors who consistently make money need to do research, paperwork, and accounting. Picking random stocks might not be any work, and that really is gambling, but it isn't really investing. Real investing means keeping track of how the market is performing, reading trade magazines and newspapers, researching the stocks you want to invest in, learning about market conditions, and a variety of other things. A good investor needs to have a lot of knowledge and a do a lot of work.

ddindika · 4 Re: Kotas da? race da? Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:33 pm

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Horse Race Betting Markets:
The market for horse race betting operates a
little differently. It is a short-term investment. This
study will focus on on-track
betting. Races occur approximately
every half-hour. A bettor
knows within a half-hour if
his bet has a positive return.
Odds are posted on tote boards
around the racetrack and are
updated by the minute. The
more people who bet on a
horse, the lower the horses odds are. “For a race
with a horse that is a 1:1 favorite, about 42 percent of
the money bet is on the favorite (with a track take of
17 percent)” (Golec and Tamarkin, 1998). A horse
with lower odds has a higher expected probability of
winning, and will return a lower pay back. If few
people bet on a horse, it has higher odds. A horse
with higher odds will pay more to the bettor who holds
a winning voucher.