- SOURCE: EquityPandit.com | Written by
Abhishek Parakh on September 19, 2009 at 11:48 pm
If you ask several people what long-term investing meant to them, you might get different answers. Some may say 10 to 20 years, while others may consider five years to be a long-term investment. Individuals might have a shorter concept of long term, while institutions may recognize long term to mean a time far out in the future. This variation in interpretations can lead to variable investment styles.
For investors in the stock market, it is a general rule to assume that long-term assets should not be needed in the three- to five-year range. This provides ...