The stock market itself is not a scam. The trouble comes from how people are brainwashed into trying to make money from the stock market. That is Wall Street's fault. Now it's time to lay bare the truth, so you can position your investments to give you ongoing streams of income to reinvest, to build yourself a fortune by the time you retire. But first, let's define terms. What is Capital Gains Investing? It's what the vast majority of people call simply "investing." It's buying a stock now in the hope you'll be able to sell it for a.