Struggling on choosing whether to invest or trade stocks?

Investing and Trading are NOT the same.

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Investing:
- Buying a stock of a carefully researched company
- Strategy is to hold for years or even decades

Trading:
- Buying and holding stocks for a short period of time
- Uses market fluctuations to their advantage

Why choose one over the other?

Investing

Pros:
- Less risk (time is on your side)
- Over the last century, the stock market has had an average annual return rate of about 9% (returns listed)

Cons:
- Long Term wealth building
- Market is volitile

Trading

Pros:
- Possibility for good returns
- Convenient

Cons:
- More risky (easy losses)
- Trading fees and taxes can add up