Is short term investing wise?

lluzers
lluzers Posts: 133 Forumite
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What time horizon should I invest , for maximum optimal returns?

Warren Buffet makes money long term , a study by MacArthur Foundation gave out its batch of "genius grants" to a an economist who said "most traders are idiots" and I read internet searches saying day traders are idiots /stupid etc.

No offence meant to anybody.

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  • ColdIron
    ColdIron Posts: 9,016 Forumite
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    lluzers wrote: »
    Is short term investing wise?
    No
    lluzers wrote: »
    What time horizon should I invest , for maximum optimal returns?
    Forever?

    Hope that helps :)
  • jimjames
    jimjames Posts: 17,596 Forumite
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    Not quite sure why you're trying to achieve with all these threads?
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
  • lluzers
    lluzers Posts: 133 Forumite
    jimjames wrote: »
    Not quite sure why you're trying to achieve with all these threads?
    lulz kill time :rotfl:

    find some stupid answers , read the blind giving advise
  • Alexland
    Alexland Posts: 9,653 Forumite
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    edited 10 October 2017 at 2:13PM
    Sigh you clearly already know the answers to most of the questions you are asking so it's just polluting the forum and taking attention from the threads where people genuinely do need help.

    Is there no way you could apply yourself here or elsewhere to be more useful?
  • Gadfium
    Gadfium Posts: 763 Forumite
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    lluzers wrote: »
    lulz kill time :rotfl:

    find some stupid answers , read the blind giving advise


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  • ChesterDog
    ChesterDog Posts: 1,112 Forumite
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    You set up a thoroughly diversified, global portfolio of collective investments and global index trackers, and leave it alone except for an annual rebalancing tweak. Reinvest all dividends.

    Put money into this that you will not need for at least five or six years, and preferably ten or more.

    Spread the rest of your money across interest-bearing accounts, National Savings and - if you still have some to spare - peer-to-peer lending and so on.
    I am one of the Dogs of the Index.
  • Malthusian
    Malthusian Posts: 10,931 Forumite
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    jimjames wrote: »
    Not quite sure why you're trying to achieve with all these threads?

    PMs from people interested in his HYIP / Ponzi scheme that supposedly doubles his money every six months, would be my guess.
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