Wheel of Fortune

"While some joined the investor class with making an easy fortune in mind, the motivation for most of this new generation of investors is not getting rich but not becoming poor."

"A survey released last year ... revealed that saving money for retirement, children's college education and emergencies were all cited before "obtaining a better lifestyle" as reasons for investing in stocks."

- Capitalism's Casino, originally publiushed March 5, 2001 in the Guardian of London