Short-term investment – are capital and assets investments for a period of up to one year.
Short-term investment is a good option for:
- those who want to make a profit “right here and right now”
- investors, tolerant to risks, in case there are opportunities for high revenues
- impatient people who find it difficult to comply with long-term financial plans
- those who can not afford to withdraw capital from the personal budget for a long time
Advantages of short-term investment
- Flexible management of investments thanks to the wide timeframe – from 1 day to 1 year.
- Ability to use investment revenues to improve the quality of life.
- High performance in a situation of economic instability: possibility of investments’ return and secure investment income during the first signs of a market reversal.
Disadvantages of short-term investment
- The need for more aggressive strategies to make profits in contrast to medium- and long-term investment.
- In the case of independent investment management, short-term investments require serious attention and a lot of time to be devoted to the market analysis, price movements forecast and timely opening and closing of transactions.
Short-term investment assets and instruments
Short-term investments become efficient only with highly liquid assets that may be quickly sold and bought – it is, above all, currency, derivative financial instruments such as CFDs, “blue chips”, and precious metals. The most efficient instruments in this case are investments in open-end investment funds, PAMM-accounts and their analogues, trust management in the currency and stock market.