Advice: Understanding Risk vs. Reward is a Key to Successful Investing

Any investment carries risk. This is a true statement.

Then again, so does NOT investing, but most of you on here knew that, already. That's why you're reading something like this.

So let's take a look at risk.

When is an investment a "good" risk?

The simple answer is, "When it works!"

There is a better, more practical answer, though.

Investing in the Stock Market: Is it like Gambling?

Is playing the stock market gambling?

This is an age-old question, but it requires more than a simply Yes/No answer, I think, because it depends.