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 I want to save $150 a month for College for my 25 months old. What kind of account should I open? Where?
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 Which one of these stocks should I invest my money.?
Amazon
Apple
AT&T
Dell
Disney
Ebay
Google
HP
Intel
Kodak
PG&E
Microsoft
Motorola
Nintendo
Olympus
Pixar ...


 Where to put money when the US dollar is tanking?
if the value keeps dropping where can i invest ?...


 When do you think the dollar is gonna start picking up?

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I'm a Canadian with US funds. I don't know if I should leave it alone and wait cause it will eventually pick up or if I should change everything back into C...


 About to invest for first time ever...need some help?
I have been following the stock market for a few months now, and after saving $1,000 to invest, I have decided to give it a go. I have some stocks in mind, and I already have my scottrade account ...


 How do i get rich quick?
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 Best way to invest $30,000?
I have about $30,000 and I was wondering what would be the lowest risk/highest return way to invest it?...


 Can I make some money from the stock market if I start with something like $ 500?
I'm not looking for long term profits. I'm a college boy so I'm looking for something quick. Where should I start? Any good guides or books on this?...


 After determining the P/E ratio of a stock, how can we tell that this stock is fairly valued or not?
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 Is it the right time to invest in GOLD now in India?
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 Where can i buy a property house or vacant land that will make profit in about 3-5 yrs?
i would like to buy a property either a house or vacant lot and , would like to see my investment to make profit in about 3 to 5 years span....


 How can i earn money without investing any money? is this possible? how?
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 Should i short sell the entire stock market?
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 What is another term money? No slang terms.?
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 Investing tips?
I'm thinking abuot investing some money in stocks and such... but I have no idea where to start! Any tips or websites that can help would be great :)

Thanks!...


 I am thinking of investing in stocks and had a question...?
When I invest online with a broker (i.e.: ScottTrade), at the end of the year will they have all of my "stats" such as gains/losses for tax purposes? If so, do they mail that out and what ...


 Is there any website to make money safely?
honest money can be possible on the net?????????...


 9 quick fire questions about buying stocks and shares?
1. How do you know what to invest in?

2. How can you make a killing on the stock market?

3. Would you expect to make a large loss before making a large gain?

4. Do ...


 What is E trade?
Is it a bank?...


 If you had an extra $800, where would you invest it?

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bills have been paid and in some cases, they are early. The money is from a retirement account that has already been taxed--so no penalties from withdrawal....



birendra p
What is short term and long term investments?
                     
 




V K B
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Very simple even simpler than your question...

Short term inestments are the investments made for short period and mostlt it is less than one year: Suppose you buy shares and sell them within one year - will be an example of short term and suppose if you sell these after five or six year it will be termed as long term investment. To feed the kids now for your old age help is also a long term investment.


A nobody
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Short term investments is holding a security from a one month period to six months,
Long term investing is holding securities longer than 6 months.

A trader is different than an investor, a trader will hold a positon from 5 seconds to 3 months.

Short term investments are based on the anticipation of the market making a move within a short period of time, while the long term investor is taking on a position with plans of that position appreciating in longer period of time. Mutual funds are typically long term investments, while options or lower priced stocks are short term investments


Bhau
Long term investments are for more thn a year period.
Short term is less than few weeks, 4 or less.
Rest is medium term investemnts


Me
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Short term is like 1 year or less. Long term is longer than that.


Focus
All these terms are relative.
Short term can range from 1 week to 2 months. 3 - 6 months investments are also treated as short term for positional trades.

1 year and above is treated as long term.


gaken2000
There is also a matter of the risk assumed. Short term investments, those funds you might need in a year or less, should be kept in relatively safe investments -- money market accounts/funds, CDs, and maybe treasury notes or short term bond funds. For the long term you can generally can afford to assume more risk because you will have the potential to recover from any losses you might incur. Stocks, bonds, and mutual funds are examples of long term investments.


Markapuram
short term investment is meant for duration of up to one year period.


rktrinagar
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Short Term Investments are usually those held for less than one year.These are in the nature of parked funds awaiting final destination which are long term investments.


Armaan M
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Short term investments are usually more risky as compared to long termers...

STI are good if u wanna make profit on a small scale everyday... its like filling the bucket mug by mug.

In case of LTI, the returns are even slower if compared periodwise...its like filling the bucket one drop at a time...

but the adv. is that the risk factor is less as compared to STI...

u should read this article on long term investment to get a clear picture...

its called Get rich. Do NOTHING!
http://wealth.moneycontrol.com/authorarticle.php?id=7551

that will make things clearer!!


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