12-15-2004, 09:05 PM
Hi.
The irony lies within:
The person who speculates on stock rises with short-time heavy investments could as well play roulette. That would have more to do with gamble than anything else. If he had insider information, however, it wouldn't be gamble anymore, but a sure thing to make money.
That's forbidden, unfortunately. Now, if he claims to be an expert in short-time ( = speculative) funds, he just ain't telling the truth. He may know the ropes concerning the firms he invests in, but as we already mentioned, if the period's too short, the assigning of money will turn into gambling. If he continues to claim his expertise after having been confronted with this truth he is either ignorant & lucky, or well aware & criminal.
To actively gain money by long-term investment strategies is entirely possible*, though. The crux about this is that each and everyone wants to make their money quickly, and the news items about someone's equity fund making a solid 6% income return every year of the last decade are hardly ever noticed.
*by self-informing about the stocks you invest in, as well as a profund schooling that allows to rightly interpret stock index curves and the trends that can be derived from them.
Greetings, Fragbait
The irony lies within:
The person who speculates on stock rises with short-time heavy investments could as well play roulette. That would have more to do with gamble than anything else. If he had insider information, however, it wouldn't be gamble anymore, but a sure thing to make money.
That's forbidden, unfortunately. Now, if he claims to be an expert in short-time ( = speculative) funds, he just ain't telling the truth. He may know the ropes concerning the firms he invests in, but as we already mentioned, if the period's too short, the assigning of money will turn into gambling. If he continues to claim his expertise after having been confronted with this truth he is either ignorant & lucky, or well aware & criminal.
To actively gain money by long-term investment strategies is entirely possible*, though. The crux about this is that each and everyone wants to make their money quickly, and the news items about someone's equity fund making a solid 6% income return every year of the last decade are hardly ever noticed.
*by self-informing about the stocks you invest in, as well as a profund schooling that allows to rightly interpret stock index curves and the trends that can be derived from them.
Greetings, Fragbait
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