What is the difference between Speculation and Investment?

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What is the difference between Speculation and Investment?..

Answer / ravi gr

investment:1.the investor invest for long term gain purpose
2. the investor hold securities for long period.
3.risk is less as compare to speculation
4.the rate of return is less as compare to speculation
speculation:1.the investor invest for short term gain
purpose
2.the investor hold securities very short period say 1 or 2
days
3.risk is high
4.rate of return is more
5.it invole buying and silling of securities

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What is the difference between Speculation and Investment?..

Answer / mayank arora

investor are for long term but speculater plays a crucial
role in derivative market .they dont bear about the risk
but their main aim is to increase profit.

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What is the difference between Speculation and Investment?..

Answer / er. abhishek kr. sinha

Investment is a function of savings. It has the capability
of generating series of future cash-flows and gererating
employment. Buying shares and all is not an investment
activity - It is just an example of re-allocation of money.
Example of investment - investing in real estate which
generates employment and cash flows. Investment is an
extremely important variable as far as G in Keynesian
C+I+G+NX is concerned.It stimulates the multiplier.

As far as speculation is concerned; there are three prime
motives to hold money - Transactionary, Precautionary and
Speculative. Speculative motive of holding money is
basically contrasting different opportunity cosis on
different available options and then to go ahead with the
best deal according to them. Investing in shares,
commodities and all is speculative as their price keep on
changing. Investing in bonds is also speculative as the
price of bond will fall if interest rates go up and in such
case opportunity cost for holding money is high.

As far as investment being long term and all is concerned -
they are obvious and hence not a primary difference. I hope
it is clear. I wanted to avoid jargons but if one uses them
in interview - it is always a leading indicator that one
knows in and out.

Thanks,
Er. Abhishek Kr. Sinha
IBS - Hyderabad
2009-2011 batch.

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What is the difference between Speculation and Investment?..

Answer / saddy

Investment is the process of protecting your principal amount with adequate returns after thorough analysis of market, activities other than this are called as speculation.

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What is the difference between Speculation and Investment?..

Answer / lokesh reddy

Speculation means PRICE CHANGE UPS AND DOWNS ( changing the moment of price)



investments is called some of the money will invested into a particualar sector for profits

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