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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Learning About Short And Long Term Stock Market Investing

By Sam Smith

Investing during a transitional economy is risky. Investment options that were presented as secure a year or two ago are not now and there is a need for clever planning and preparation in order to spread ones risk in investments and saving.

With the stock markets being fluctuating the way they are these days many investors are not clear on what is the best approach to investing. The two basic approaches are the conservative and the aggressive strategies and while both can be fruitful the question is which one will produce the best results in market conditions like these.

The aggressive investors are the day traders. They are considered the mavericks of the trading world and they function by taking larger risks. Larger risks mean possibly larger profits or losses. The way a day trader works is by buying and selling stock many times in a single day.

The investors who prefer to buy and hold their stocks are the ones that take less of a risk when it comes to investing. In order to be such an investor you need to do a fair amount of research and learn about the stocks and companies you buy.

Investing during times when you dont really know how the market will go requires a certain level of risk management. The best solution is to spread your investments around. It is also wise to use different investment models. Perhaps a certain allocation between long term and short term can be very fruitful.

Short term investors enjoy both positive and negatives regarding their approach. On the one hand a day trader can see returns from one day to another and be able to pull out from an investment at any given point but on the other hand they must constantly be on the lookout for their investments.

Long term investors on the other hand dont really have to be on the lookout all the time, they buy and hold. This strategy involves much less stress than the day trading approach. The problem with long term investing is that it is difficult to jump out of an investment if it goes south. - 23223

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