Amstel
The Hoarse Whisperer
Depends on the investment.
Lets say you buy a laundromat. It's an investment, you can significantly effect the outcome, business decisions etc.
Lets say instead of buying that laundromat you buy $20,000 worth the stock in ExxonMobil. It's definitely not enough of an interest to have any practicable outcome on the decisions made by the company. So it would be a "gamble."
Most investing is gambling where the only difference is that you can make semi-informed decisions about risk.
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