Investment Vs Trading: Which One is Better for You?

Trading and investing are often used interchangeably. In reality, the two terms are very different from each other! In this blog, we’ll discuss trade and investment as well as which is more suitable for women: investing vs trading.

What is Investing?

Investing refers to allocating money with the expectation of generating profit over time. For example – You can invest in assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate or mutual funds, with the goal of achieving a return on your investment over the years.

What is Trading?

Trading refers to buying financial instruments with the aim of generating short-term profits.While investing involves a long-term approach with a focus on capital appreciation, trading involves more frequent transactions and takes advantage of short-term price fluctuations.

Now let’s understand trading vs investing

Trading Vs Investing

PARAMETERS	TRADING	INVESTING
Objective	Generating short-term profit	Capital appreciation
Time Horizon	Short Term	Long Term
Frequency	Frequent buying and selling of security	Buying and staying invested for the long term
Risk	Higher Risk, due to price volatility in the short-term	Lower Risk, as you can ride out market fluctuations in the long term
Monitoring	Required continuous monitoring	Requires periodic review and monitoring
Effort	High effort	Lower effort as compared to trading

Which is better for a woman investor: investing vs trading

To determine which is more suited for you, ask yourself the following questions: 

1. What is my financial goal? 
2. What is my risk tolerance?
3. What is my time horizon?
4. Am I a financial market expert?

It should be noted that 90% of the traders lose money while trading! This is why we at LXME say, take SIPs not TIPs! Here’s why:

• Higher chances of losing money in trading, this is because traders usually commit the following mistakes

• Trying to outsmart the market 
• Overtrading to recover losses
•  Averaging their positions
• Focussing on TIPS

• Trading meets short-term needs, however, investing meets short as well as long-term needs
• While trading, one has to time the market, in investing, one doesn’t need to time the market.
• Investing may involve periodic review of your portfolio, while trading requires continuous monitoring of market movements. If a woman decides to invest in mutual funds, she doesn’t even need to monitor her investments every minute as MFs offer expert management by fund managers.
• Trading requires deep knowledge of the market and its movements. On the other hand, investing is more straightforward and suitable for all women 

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In conclusion, the difference between trading and investing is in terms of the time period of investment. While trading requires an experienced hand, investing in instruments such as Mutual funds, is simpler and can be done by anyone, even a beginner. At LXME, we always say take SIPs not TIPs!

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