It's not gambling if you buy and hold. Daytrading is gambling.
Discussion
If you buy and hold bitcoin.
90 % of the stocks go to zero in really terms (gold / re/ commodities).
Stocks are a scam. Incentives are not aligned.
Yes, there's no second best. But for normies, it's a better approach than holding cash or fixed income assets.
If you bough in the stock market during the 2000s you’ll be around 60% to 70% down in real term a