The stock market.
This is where you can go buy part of a company and hope the value of that company goes up.
So your part is worth more.
But its a big risk.
Predicting the future is hard.
Even the most educated and well researched people who spend their whole life focusing on finance get it wrong a large part of the time.
Some think they have it all figured out though, like Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film Wall street.
Here's a clip from the film public's out there throwing darts at a board, sport.
I don't throw darts at a board.
I bet on sure things.
Read Sun Tzu, the art of war.
Every battle is won before it's ever fought.
Think about it.
You're not as smart as I thought you were buddy boy.
Ever wonder why fund managers can't beat the S and P 500?
Cause they're sheepdenne and she'd get slaughtered.
So what was Gordon Gekkos secret so that his stock bets were a sure thing?
Well, he was investing using insider information, information that wasn't yet available to the public.
Knowing what a company is about to do or announce gave him a big edge.
That made him a lot of money.