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**TolleyBoymn** · 06-13-2008, 08:58 PM

No, stocks represent fractional ownership of a company that has some kind of profit-making operation. The value of the stock is a bit of a game, but it isn't a zero-sum game.

Commodities markets rarely involve the actual goods changing hands or performing a profit-making function. They are mostly futures or day-trading contracts.

06-13-2008, 08:58 PM	#14
TolleyBoymn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 459 Senior Member	No, stocks represent fractional ownership of a company that has some kind of profit-making operation. The value of the stock is a bit of a game, but it isn't a zero-sum game. Commodities markets rarely involve the actual goods changing hands or performing a profit-making function. They are mostly futures or day-trading contracts.
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