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Have you ever wondered why some people wake up seeing their assets double, while others lose everything overnight because of the market?
Are stocks just a legalized casino for the wealthy, or a practical path for you to escape the daily grind?
The uncomfortable truth is that many people lose, not because they lack money, but because they lack understanding of the game and lose control of their mindset.
And I promise that after this video, you will view money as a tool, not as a gamble.
1. The Ownership Rule: It's not a piece of paper, it's a piece of the pie.
Many people hear others shouting to buy low and sell high, but they truly don't understand what they are buying. A stock is fundamentally the right to own a piece of a company, not just buying a fluctuating number.
Imagine the company is a chocolate cake, and each share is an extremely thin slice. When you buy one share, you are saying: let me invest and take a portion of this company’s pie.
Companies can have very different numbers of shares outstanding, and that number can change when the company issues more or buys back shares.
So don't just look at the price of one share; look at the whole cake, which is the total valuation of the business.
Why would the owner sell off pieces of the pie to strangers? Because they need capital to expand factories, develop products, or conquer new markets.
And the money raised from selling shares usually doesn't need to be paid back like debt, making it an option less stressful than dealing with interest rates.
2. The Market Rule: Your gain or loss depends on who you sell to.
If I want to sell, who buys my shares? The answer lies in the marketplace and the concept of liquidity.
When a company sells shares for the first time to raise capital, that is the primary market. After that, most of the time you are buying and selling with other people—that is the secondary market.
Simply put, the company receives the money during the initial sale, but afterwards, you and I are swapping pieces of the pie with each other in the marketplace.
Therefore, cashing out means selling your shares to another buyer, not always selling them back to the company itself.
And the daily price fluctuations are often just the crowd's sentiment valuing the pie, not the business fundamentally changing quality every minute.
If liquidity is low, you might find it hard to sell or be forced to sell cheap, so understanding the market is as crucial as understanding the company.
3. The Value Rule: The story of Amy and Brian, and profit is not magic.
A woman named Amy wants to open a sneaker store and needs $100,000 to start. She only has $50,000, so instead of taking out a loan, she divides the business into 10 shares and sells some off to raise capital.
A guy named Brian buys 1 share for $10,000 and owns 10% of the business, meaning he has a true ownership stake.
Five years later, the business booms and the company's value increases from $100,000 to $300,000, and Brian's share increases in value accordingly.
Brian only truly makes a profit when he sells that ownership stake for a higher price than he bought it for. If Brian hasn't sold, that is profit on paper, called an unrealized gain.
When Brian sells at a good price, that is when the profit actually lands in his pocket and becomes real cash. Conversely, if the business fails and the value drops, Brian's portion drops too, and that is the risk that comes with the opportunity.
Some businesses also distribute cash periodically to owners called dividends, meaning you can receive cash flow even if you haven't sold.
4. The Power Rule: Regular tickets or VIP passes in stocks.
Not all stocks are the same, b...