About 8 months or so ago, in my grade 10 business class, we had a couple people in suits walk into our class. After a brief introduction, in which they explained they held MBA’s and the like, we talked about investing. To my surprise, almost no one had any clue. I was the only one [...]
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Investments Part 2: The Risk Factor and Other Terms
In Investments, there are 2 main types of risk: high risk, and low risk (and everything in between). Risk always corresponds to possible benefits, versus the possible losses. In terms of investing, long-term, short-term, and day-trading all have a certain type of risk associated. This risk also varies on the company and its history.
Low Risk [...]
Investments Part 1: Long-Term vs. Short-Term vs. Day Trading
Possibly one of the most used way of making money today, besides jobs, is investing. Investing means giving money to a company; and when you pay money to anyone, you’re buying something. So in this case, you’re buying a part of the company. There are 3 main “categories” in investing: long-term investments, short-term investments, and [...]
The Importance Of Cost Vs. Value
Everyone wants money. That’s why when people spend their hard-earned cash, they regret it. This may seem like a contradiction; people make money to spend it, but regret spending it. That’s because we all want to wait, and find a better opportunity to spend our money – and then we get to it, and we [...]