Shortest time to invest in shares

eskbanker

maxsteam said:

eskbanker said:

maxsteam said:

But that's two fundamentally different concepts being conflated there - your EasyJet deal was what's generally considered to be trading (measured in hours or days), whereas OP's thread title asks about investing (typically years).

I would disagree that there's a fundamental difference. The only difference is timeframe. The point that I was making was that it's not solid advice to suggest that "it's not recommended to buy shares if you're planning to hold them for less than 5 years".

Obviously there are superficial similarities in terms of the basics of buying and then selling later, hopefully at a higher value, but context is important, in that an inexperienced newbie asking on here ought to be able to make a success of investing with relatively minor research, but sustained trading entails an entirely different level of knowledge....