Investing or Gambling, What’s the Difference?(blog.instavest.com)
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Investing or Gambling, What’s the Difference?
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"In the short term the market is a popularity contest; in the long term it is a weighing machine."
So to answer the question posed, if you are trying to make money off guesses about who wins the popularity contest - that's gambling. If you are trying to asses which company to be a part owner of, to meet your own particular financial goals (income, growth, etc) - that's investing.