The stock market is not a casino, though many people treat it that way. Warren Buffett, the retired CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, recently referred to the stock market as "a church with a casino attached," and he has said that "It's tough to find values when everybody is preferring gambling." For best results growing your wealth via investments in the stock market, you need to see shares of stock for what they really are: actual ownership stakes (albeit small ones) in actual businesses. When a public company grows, its shareholders will see their stakes grow in value, too -- quickly or eventually. Image source: Getty Images.
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