New Posts For Thread: Stocks&Shares Vs. Gamblinghttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27970397/stocksshares-vs-gamblingThe other day I told my partner that I had put 50€ on djokovic to win the tennis final against Nadal and she was next to horrified. Today I've told her that i'm considering buying 1000€ of shares that about to go on the market and that really implol, what i mean is ..they don't exist for Joe Publics benefit do they ? ,i've never known anyone to make a living on stocks and shares other than traders and and filthy low life brokers .https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27970397/stocksshares-vs-gambling?post_id=501833137#501833137lol, what i mean is ..they don't exist for Joe Publics benefit do they ? ,i've never known anyone to make a living on stocks and shares other than traders and and filthy low life brokers .Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:44:23 -0500"must be" "from my own experience", does not follow.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27970397/stocksshares-vs-gambling?post_id=501829981#501829981"must be" "from my own experience", does not follow.Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:09:45 -0500Stocks must be the biggest waste of money going, from my own experience i am 3k down on shares 2k of that must have been in commissionhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27970397/stocksshares-vs-gambling?post_id=501813301#501813301Stocks must be the biggest waste of money going, from my own experience i am 3k down on shares 2k of that must have been in commissionThu, 07 Jul 2011 08:05:30 -0500Unless folk probe i don't tell anyone what i do , if i say gamble they basically assume i have a problem .Most will say they have never met a successful gambler ,most will also assume you are on benefits or some scam .I guess it's better to say youhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27970397/stocksshares-vs-gambling?post_id=501813157#501813157Unless folk probe i don't tell anyone what i do , if i say gamble they basically assume i have a problem .Most will say they have never met a successful gambler ,most will also assume you are on benefits or some scam .I guess it's better to say youThu, 07 Jul 2011 08:03:45 -0500listening to that makes me wonder what happened to the hedge fund that started trading on betfair last year. there was a big article about it during the footie wcc or shortly after, if I am not wrong.If it's run along city lines fees will already havhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27970397/stocksshares-vs-gambling?post_id=501800501#501800501listening to that makes me wonder what happened to the hedge fund that started trading on betfair last year. there was a big article about it during the footie wcc or shortly after, if I am not wrong.If it's run along city lines fees will already havThu, 07 Jul 2011 04:17:19 -0500Come on lads fess up.You just love the look on people's faces when you tell them you're a professional gambler.You suddenly look like George Clooney or Paul Newman.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27970397/stocksshares-vs-gambling?post_id=501764013#501764013Come on lads fess up.You just love the look on people's faces when you tell them you're a professional gambler.You suddenly look like George Clooney or Paul Newman.Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:36:49 -0500listening to that makes me wonder what happened to the hedge fund that started trading on betfair last year. there was a big article about it during the footie wcc or shortly after, if I am not wrong.can't be arsed to look that up myself ]https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27970397/stocksshares-vs-gambling?post_id=501762317#501762317listening to that makes me wonder what happened to the hedge fund that started trading on betfair last year. there was a big article about it during the footie wcc or shortly after, if I am not wrong.can't be arsed to look that up myself ]Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:17:08 -0500lol - had this story all my life. People ask me why I don't buy shares and I say why should I bet on something I know next to nothing about when the 3:20 Hcap chase at Chelt presents me with a decided edge. When people mention life insurance I tell thttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27970397/stocksshares-vs-gambling?post_id=501761517#501761517lol - had this story all my life. People ask me why I don't buy shares and I say why should I bet on something I know next to nothing about when the 3:20 Hcap chase at Chelt presents me with a decided edge. When people mention life insurance I tell tWed, 06 Jul 2011 16:07:30 -0500I just tell people I'm retired, I used to tell them I'm an online exchange trader but they look at you as if you have just stepped out of a spaceship, I got fed up explaining exactly what I do. Everything in life is a gamble where money is involved,https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27970397/stocksshares-vs-gambling?post_id=501715117#501715117I just tell people I'm retired, I used to tell them I'm an online exchange trader but they look at you as if you have just stepped out of a spaceship, I got fed up explaining exactly what I do. Everything in life is a gamble where money is involved,Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:48:37 -0500Unless you are a day trader most stock investments are long term.punting is different because most is short term from the length of a race to maybe the winner of an event, but one thing is for sure when you say you are winning and they see the proofhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27970397/stocksshares-vs-gambling?post_id=501710733#501710733Unless you are a day trader most stock investments are long term.punting is different because most is short term from the length of a race to maybe the winner of an event, but one thing is for sure when you say you are winning and they see the proofWed, 06 Jul 2011 05:25:04 -0500