Deep Dive: Long Term Vs. Short Term Investing

What's better, long term or short term investing?

Trying out something new, will have another article out tomorrow/Thursday as this deep dive ended up being relatively short.

Also, as always, this is not financial advice (Full Disclaimer at the bottom, I include this everywhere : ) )

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Table of Contents

1. What are long-term & short-term investing?

2. Strengths and weaknesses of long term investing

3. Strengths and weaknesses of short term investing

4. Which is best?

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What are long term & short term investing

A fair warning it’s surprisingly hard to get a perfect definition for long or short-term investing so these are my thoughts based on my research and personal experience.

These are named deceptively in that short-term investing could be any time ranging from a day to 3 years whereas long-term investing could be anywhere from 1-2 months to the rest of your life (or even longer). As you can see there is pretty significant overlap and that is because your investment could change which area it falls under depending on risk, flexibility & other factors such as the amount of money you are putting in, the approach to investing, & the goals you are investing to prepare for.