What is the difference between Investments and trading?

[Dinesh]

The goal of investing is to gradually build wealth over an extended period of time through the buying and holding of a portfolio of stocks, baskets of stocks, mutual funds, bonds and other investment instruments

[Dinesh]

<span style=”color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;”>The goal of </span><b style=”color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;”>investing</b><span style=”color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;”> is to gradually build wealth over an extended period of time through the buying and holding of a portfolio of stocks, baskets of stocks, mutual funds, bonds and other </span><b style=”color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;”>investment</b><span style=”color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;”> instruments</span>

[Rajarathinam]

Investment is to buy and hold a stock for long term to get maximum profit

Trading is instant profit making by buying and selling of shares

 

[Ganesh Ramanan]

Investment – Investing money in stock market for long term, i.e., buying stocks and selling it after years

Trading – Do buy/sell in short term to make money i.e., daily (intraday), weekly or monthly mode

[Geena]

Investments and trading  are two very different methods in market .Trading on the another hand, involves the more frequent  buying and selling of stock .

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