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Trading is when your speculating day or week to week. Investing is saying "ok big warehouses for distribution companies like amazon is a growing market therefo
by C1sc0cat 8y ago
Trading is when your speculating day or week to week.
Investing is saying "ok big warehouses for distribution companies like amazon is a growing market therefore I will buy shares in a company that owns warehouses (BBOX) - this is sort of how Warren Buffet works
- throwawaymath 8y agoEh, that distinction is ambiguous at best. There's a far larger overlap between speculation and investing. It would be more accurate to say that value investing is different from speculation - but even then, speculation is fundamentally inseparable from investing.
- sinsterizme 8y agoPerhaps value investing is the definition for "investing". And the rest speculation
- C1sc0cat 8y agoOk but it is Benjamin Grahams definition - he was Warren Buffets mentor BTW