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what is the difference between short term and long term investing?

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1. Short term investing focuses on making a quick return or getting a high amount of current income. Long term investing counts on the fact that over time a worthwhile investment (stocks, real estate, whatever) will appreciate in value, resulting in a long term capital gain.
2. short term can range from days to less than 5 years. Medium term 5-9. Long term above 10 years. Difference is in terms of the risks that one takes in each of the above 3 strategies of investing. Due to the basic premises that people invest to get a return, following the natural law of risk, the shorter the period of investing, the higher the risk and lower the so called assurance of getting your initial capital back. Short term is also known as speculative inveting. long term also known as retirement funding.
3. about 2-4 years.
4. short term is very short time long term is ver long time
5. profit.. either u want more or less