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Not everybody can fucking participate, Vijay.
Also, you can't do basic arithmetic.
Well based on the principle of compounding interest I think that number might be right. It really kind of depends on your returns every month.
His logic flaw here is that millions gamble on startups like that and hindsight is very much 20/20.
Buying stocks is kind of like sports betting for a different target audience this way.
You're missing a non-formulated assumption that you should have diversified your investments, so it's 100$ in Amazon, and 100$ in competitor2, 3, 4,... Get to 10 and you have a good chance 1 or 2 will make it!
What? You can't afford 1000$ of risky investments per month??
Bezos wasn’t diversified like that though
He gambled and it happened to pay off.
For every one of these success stories there's thousands of families. Take speak at r/wallstreetbets. Practically a daily post about someone blowing up their account on a risky bet. And those are just the ones who feel like sharing