Different Types of Investments

By Michael Fung


Overall, there are four different kinds of liquid investments. These include stocks, bonds, cash and gold. Sounds simple, right? Well, unfortunately, it gets very complicated from there. You see, each type of investment has numerous types of investment formats that fall under it.

There is quite a bit to learn about each different investment type. The stock market can be a big scary place for those who know little or nothing about investing. Fortunately, the amount of information that you need to learn has a direct relation to the type of investor that you are. There are also three types of investors: conservative, moderate, and aggressive. The different types of investments also cater to the two levels of risk tolerance: high risk and low risk.

Aggressive investors generally do the majority of their investing in the stock market place for short turn- around time. This type of investing is very high risk. They also tend to invest in enterprise ventures as well as higher risk real properties. For example, an aggressive investor can put his or her income into older properties, then invest additional money to change and upgrade the buildings in order to gain higher return of investment. But these are risky investments. Investors expect to become capable to rent the apartments out for extra income than the apartments are currently worth - or to sell the entire building for a profit on their initial investments. In some cases, this may be just fine, and in other instances, it does not. It's a danger.

Moderate investors often invest in cash and bonds, and may be a little bit in the stock market. Moderate investing may be low or moderate risks. Moderate investors often also invest in real estate, providing that it is low risk real estate.

Conservative investors often invest in cash. This means that they put their money in interest bearing savings accounts, money market accounts, mutual funds, US Treasury bills, and Certificates of Deposit. These are very safe investments that grow over a long period of time. These are also low risk investments.

At any given time, it's also possible whether an investor is conservative, moderate or aggressive, to take part in gold investment. If you're a conservative investor and don't trust paper assets, you have to study gold investments. If you are an investor with reasonable risk tolerance, gold may be a good option to make up part of your portfolio that include cash, stock and bonds. Occasionally, the price of gold will experience wild swings, both up and down. Short term traders can be savvy enough to gain from trading gold in this kind of environment.

Prior to begin buying and selling, it is essential that you simply study the various options of investment, and what each option is able to meet your investing requirements. Be aware of risks involved, and consider past trends too. History truly does repeat itself, and savvy traders know this!




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