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Old 07-01-2006, 08:17 PM
Copernicus Copernicus is offline
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Default Re: Is poker gambling?

The difference between poker and the stock market is that poker is a game of incomplete information, and picking stocks is (in an ethical business environment) analysis with complete information.

There is an element of luck in investing (9/11 happens) but that is "external" to the picking of individual assets, balancing portfolios etc. The element of luck is intrinsic to poker.

Poker is gambling, investing isnt (again in perfect, ethical capital markets).
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