Investment

Different Types of Investment
Stocks: Ownership in a Company that you gain from buying shares worth various amounts of money. Usually bought and sold through a broker
Mutual Funds: A set of stocks that are, for the most part, stable and are used to gain money over a longer amount of time.
Bonds: Long term investment. Bonds are bought at a certain price and have a set time for which they will be allowed to mature to higher price than what they were bought for.

Risk
Investing your money comes with a reasonable amount of risk. The risks that are involved with investing are mainly centered around the possibility of loosing money. If you invest in a company through stocks and that company ends up performing badly, you will end up with less money than you originally invested. The different types of investing have different levels of risk. The ranking from the most risk to the least goes like this: Stocks, mutual funds, and bonds.

Time
Throughout the process of investing, time can be the most important aspect to gaining money. Long term investing is a good way to gain decent amounts of money but it also takes more time and is gained through little amounts over time. While investing in stocks, a day can make the difference between making huge profits or loosing money.

Tips for Investing: 1) plan ahead in order to make the best possible profits. 
2) Don't take risks that you can't afford. 
3) Make sure to pay attention to your investments.
4) Try to have fun with it


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