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Old 01-13-2016, 09:08 PM  
rowan
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Originally Posted by HeadPimp View Post
For a non-institutional investor, playing the stock market is about as good as playing slots.

You will never win against computers that execute trades of thousands of shares in millisecond intervals.
The large majority of humans are also totally shitty at predictions, even if they're an 'expert' in their field. It's an unfortunate part of human nature that we marvel when an expert gets something right, but quickly forget when they (more often) get it wrong.
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