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What is the Difference Between Speculating and Investing?

April 26, 2017difference Investing speculating

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What is the Difference Between Speculating and Investing?

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In a nutshell, an investor ‘owns’ assets where as a speculator ‘trades’ assets. Speculating or trading in the stock markets is an attempt to obtain returns over a short term horizon. Most people will fail at this because in many cases it is close to gambling. The InvestR Centre’s training is geared towards teaching you how to invest for the medium term rather than trade for the short term. Our follow-on investment advice is consistent with this. See our related article on’The investor v The Speculator’.