Investment better den consumption.

Classic example of How investment is better than consumption!

How Many People are riding ROYAL ENFIELD BIKE ? or wish to ride i t ?
Look at the company's growth

Eicher Motors (Makers of Royal Enfield).

Share Price on September 2001 = Rs. 17.50
Price of Royal Enfield bike in 2001 was Rs.55000/-

If any one would have bought the shares of Eicher Motors instead of a bike than he would have got 3143 shares ((Rs. 55000/ Rs 17.50 (share Price) = 3143 Shares))
Eicher Motor's Share Price as on 4th Aug 2015 is Rs. 20,158, Total Value as 3143 x 20,158= 6.33 crore
55000/- is worth 6.33Crore in 13 Years.
Now he could hv bought a Rolls Royce.

te jihre 13 saal ohne dug dug miss kitti ohda koi mul ni. passion does not count money. punjabi made royal enfields international brand.

This is called survivorship bias.

There are more than 5000 listed shares in NSE. How one can be sure that one investing in a particular share will get a such a high return. Had you invested that time in HFCL like Kerry Packer the legendary Australian Investor your share will now be worth only Rs 14-15 from Rs 1450 per share value of those times.

But you are right in overall scenario. Everyone should invest 20% of savings in Stocks for long run.