What is the difference between Investments and trading?

[Mohammed Arshath Ali]

Investments is buying and holding the shares for a longer term.

Trading is buying and selling of shares in a short period.

[Viswanathan]

Investment is the process of holding shares at long term for high return.

Trading is the process of buying &selling of shares for limited profit.

 

[Elanthiraiyan]

Investments : Putting money in a type of  investment to make it grow

Trading : Buying or selling to get income

[Paramaguru N]

Investment deals with investing in stocks for a longer term to benefit by price increase. Investment for long term primarily uses fundamental analysis.

Trading deals with buying and selling of shares with a short span of time to gain profit due to price variations, trading happens primarily based on technical analysis

[xavier]

Two methods to trade in market.

Investing to gradually buildup wealth by holding the financial instruments for a period of long time refereed as investment

Trading involves frequent buying and selling within a very short span of time

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