This arrived in my inbox today, and I thought I would post it since it is another view on 'investment versus gambling' that provoked some debate last week, and mentions my old friend Warren Buffett. It's written by Rich Allen, aka the Sports Betting Professor:
And yes, you read that headline right: betting on sports is a sound investment. I actually prefer to use the term ‘investing’ as opposed to gambling. When I hear the word gambling I have an image of somebody filling out a parlay card and donating $20 or $50 to their local bookie because they haven’t got a clue what they’re doing.More on the SBP later when I have time (life is busy right now) but bottom line is that my enrolment fee has been refunded due to 'suspicious activity' on my PayPal account. I wonder how long before they notice.
If you invest in something, you do so after you’ve done research and due diligence. The best stock picker in the world, Warren Buffett, won’t invest in a company unless he knows exactly what they do and how they make their money. You should never invest in something that you don’t understand.
Another key to sound investment strategy is to stay diversified. That means you shouldn’t have all your money piled into one asset class. Be it real estate, the stock market, your piggy bank, etc. it doesn’t matter: all your money should never be in one place.
And I feel that ‘investing’ in football and basketball games can be a legitimate way to diversify the money you have to invest. Let’s face it, most of us can’t analyze the financial statement of a business and make a lot of sense out of it. BUT, most of us can look at a point spread and understand its meaning.
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