Originally Posted by k0nr4d

I think any legal, legitimate way to make money is good and I feel there is no reason to limit myself to any one single income stream. I make money from investments (such as crypto and gold), custom programming, software sales, websites, and we own two dental clinics. If any of those runs into problems - I have other sources of income. Diversification is a good thing.

Just like with stocks, someone wins and someone loses. Sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down. I believe I recall reading that Tesla is worth more then all the other major car companies combined but posts substantially less profits. Uber can't turn a profit either. Netflix can't turn a profit but all of these stocks have "value" for some reason. They are no different then crypto but accepted universally.