Quoted from o-din:Stock market is like playing a pinball game where you spend a lot of time building up a big score, just to have the ball drain straight down the middle before you have a chance to cash in.
It certainly can be... especially if you don't know what your doing. On the other hand, if you wait till the drain, you may find some nice opportunity waiting for you. The bottom line is, you need more than a pocket full of quarters to play this machine!