Keeping It Simple

[eastunder]

They may be looking for the same thing, but they are taking a different path to achieve it.

There is certainly a difference between a speculator (trader) and an investor, wouldn't you agree?

Technicals vs Fundamentals, time frames involved, risks taken...etc.

He summed it up rather well, I thought.


“The most realistic distinction between the investor and the speculator is found in their attitude toward stock-market movements.

The speculator's primary interest lies in anticipating and profiting from market fluctuations.

The investor's primary interest lies in acquiring and HOLDING suitable securities at suitable prices

Market movements are important to him in a practical sense, because they alternately create low price levels at which he would be wise to buy (Fundamentally UNDER priced) and high price levels at which he certainly should refrain from buying (fundamentally OVER Priced) and probably would be wise to sell".


(btw - I'm both an investor and a trader. At some point there will be actions I take during this correction that will involve investing more than trading because the opportunity will have presented itself.)