A good company usually increases its dividend every year. You can lose money in a very short time but it takes a long time to make money. The stock market really isn’t a gamble, as long as you pick good companies that you think will do well, and not just because of the stock price. You can make a lot of money from the stock market, but then again you can also lose money, as we proved. You have to research the company before you put your money into it.