Investment classification

Investment object

Speculative. The investor's profit drips from the difference between the price tags when buying and selling an asset.
Financial. Interaction with financial instruments. For example, shares.
Venture. Focus on the future. An example of such investments is startup platforms.
Real. Investing money in art, gold, real estate and other similar objects.

Purpose

Directly. Money is invested in one or two payments in a specific area.
Portfolio. Creation of combinations of various assets.
Intellectual. Venture-type investments.

Duration

Short 0-12 months.
Medium term 12-60 months.
Long 60+ months.

Risk

Conservative. Minimal probability of failure.
Moderate - none.
Aggressive. Maximum chance of failure due to poor capital management.

Some experts also single out non-financial investments as a target category. That is, those that are directed to other areas that are indirectly related to finance, or do not relate to them at all (for example, self-education). Now let's talk about the positive and negative consequences of investment activities for an ordinary person. The lower the investment risk, the larger the amount required for investment. Otherwise, you will not be able to feel the money earned at all. I will give an elementary example - a person invests $ 100 in shares for 5 years and receives $ 5 annually as dividends. Not enough, right? To get at least $ 500, you need to invest $ 10,000, for $ 5,000 - $ 100,000, and so on. Now think about whether the investment is worth it or not.

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