Can you lose all your savings in the stock market

There are 3 ways for a person to loose all their savings in the stock market.

a) First they invest all the savings in stocks. Unless they are founders most people don't invest all their savings in stocks. They would have some in their homes and cars.

b) They don't diversify and invest in one or two stocks.

c) Even with the one or two stocks they continue to be idiots when they see the value of stock drop 80 % but continue to hold on.

So is it likely for someone to lose all their savings to the stock market. Yes if you are a gambler. But then you are likely to lose the savings anyway through other gambling activities.

For a retail investor it is tough to lose all. But you can lose some.

How much you lose will depend on the risk mitigation measures you take when you invest.

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That is why I am a value investor. It is risk-averse approach

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