What is the difference between Investments and trading?

[Sathish Babu]

Every buy/ sell or sell/buy order called trading immaterial of time frame we hold. when comes to investment it is holding a money at particular instrument for value get appreciated. For eg :- buying a stock and selling it with hand full of profit/Loss comes under trading where as you have purchased as stock and waiting to reach a particular limit that position called investment.

[Raja Prabha kumaresan]

Frequently buying and selling  stock in short term is known as Trading.

Holding stocks for a longer period and selling it for better profits is known as Investment

[Murugan Thanikachalam]

Pertaining to Stock Market, Investments is Long Term where capital is more and Trading is Short Term where effort is more.

[Sakunthala]

Investment is the process of keeping or  holding the shares,stocks for the long time for a year or a decade to get perks likes interest,splits etc., whereas Trading is the frequent activity get placed by buying and selling the shares.

[kumaravel r]

Investment is a long term one. It will become a future asset for the investor. No short time gain is expected from investments.  Trading is a short term one. Trading is done to make profits in a short span of time. It is a business .

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