> I also believe that the stock market is a game, not an investment vehicle.

So beat the day traders, quants on their own game. You dont have to trade daily, just buy stock of a good company at a reasonable price and sit back. Once you have invested in a good company then the next step is not to do anything foolish, like selling your shares just because the company had a bad quarter.

Have you read Ben Graham's Intelligent investor, if not, you should.