" ...It's hard not to pore through a financial journal these days, especially during turbulent trading session, and not discover that it has become somewhat fashionable to compare share investing to a night at the roulette wheel.

But the big difference is that the former requires background research, patience, intelligence, wisdom and the ability to read the trajectory of a stock.

Vicky Wong

While the latter activity -- a turn at the roulette wheel -- just takes a few chips... and a little luck

After all, if you don’t have much luck at a particular table, you can walk eight paces to another dealer and try your blackjack skills elsewhere, as each table (or slot machine) is, in theory, completely independent of the others.

However, in the stock market, nothing works independently and investors should always be aware of this...." /NextInsight/