People who have no idea about the stock market consider it a gambling arena. Brokers and smart investors thank ye for providing them with your hard earned cash. When a man with experience meets a man with money and no experience, the man with experience walks away with the money, while the experience doesn't necessarily transfer... btw. AFAIK, you need to be of age of majority in order to trade on the stock market, so you can stop pretending that you are buying Nokia stock.