Is the stock market a zero sum game?
Cullen, thanks for the forum and all the wonderful help you provide for so many people. My question is simple - is the stock market a zero sum game? I've always tried to understand this and never quite...
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This concept confuses a lot of people, but it's important because it touches on how stocks are money-like, but not necessarily high on the moneyness chart (because they must be converted into deposits...
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The stock market is not a zero sum game because it doesn't meat the boundary conditions for a zero sum game. So why even discuss it? That said, while money creation does not occur directly in the stock...
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Good clarification. The stock market can add to our wealth which can improve the state of our balance sheets which can potentially lead to more money. But my point was that there's no more money due to...
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I don't think the Stock Market is a zero sum game. However I do feel generating a positive alpha is a zero sum game (which seems obvious).
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