One peculiar aspect of the stock market is that anybody can participate. There are no (or very low) barriers to entry. All you need is an easily available online brokerage account and the money to fund it, usually a minimum of two-thousand dollars.
Once you’ve done that, anybody – even a complete amateur – can get into the game of buying and selling stocks alongside professionals. It’s hard to think of any other endeavor where that takes place. Imagine walking onto the field of a professional football game and saying, “send me in coach, I’m ready to play.”
