I do very well from the markets but despite that, people ignore what I say. It would appear that dreaming is an important part of making money from markets and hard work and sensible strategies are for losers who have only been going fourteen years or so!
Scrip - it is of course important that lots of newcomers and others fail to listen, and remain as losers. The winners need there to be a plenty of losers putting their money on the table for the winners to take away ;o)
Harlosh,
the only difference is that in this game, the horse is always running (until company goes bust), so you can have lengthy (years) of fun playing a share.
Marching Song home and dry at 11/10
good luck with shares and nags