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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1153663, member: 27832&quot;]LOL! When Exxon takes a barrel of oil out of the ground and sells it, who &quot;loses&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>Buying stock gives you a way to share in corporate profits, which is the very <i>opposite</i> of a &quot;zero sum game&quot;, unless you&#039;re summing over the entire lifespan of the universe. Yes, the big guys will make more money than you will -- but you can make money, too. In fact, over the long term with a diversified portfolio, it&#039;s hard <i>not</i> to make money in the market. I&#039;ve bought some doozies of losing stocks, including one or two that turned out to be not <i>quite</i> too big to fail completely, and I&#039;m still well ahead of inflation overall.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember, the fat cats have the advantage in the market -- but <i>you can buy shares in the fat cats, too.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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