Investing is All About Taking Chances

One of the things that has got me thinking lately is all of the complaining about investments not returning what investors put in. Many investors (especially those of the Bear Stearns variety) seem to think that an investment is always going to return what you put in to it.
This just isn’t true.
Whether you are involved in stocks, bonds, forex, commodities, futures, real estate or even art investing, whenever you invest, you are taking a chance. You are taking a chance that your investment will lose value, rather than gain it.
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