### Comment:
way to link to irrelevant concepts 
  
 we're talking about a trade, and inteitessimal time trade in the US stock market, by definition, a zero sum game 
  
 get your buy and hold based quora bullshit out of here

### REPLY:
im new to this and am retarded, but doesnt the existance of dividends make this statement untrue? 
  
 Also what about when a company issues new shares?

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