Different types of investments

Short term Investing
Short-term investments, also known as marketable securities or temporary investments, are financial investments that can easily be converted to cash, typically within 5 years. Many short-term investments are sold or converted to cash after a period of only 3-12 months.

Some common examples of short-term investments include:

  • CDs
  • money market accounts
  • high-yield savings accounts
  • government bonds
  • Treasury bills.


    • Long term investing
    Long term investing is when a person invests in a company whether it is by buying real estate, buying shares or buying bonds and keeps it for a long period of time before selling it off to another buyer. People usually do this so that they can witness the high and lows in the market and also try to gain more value for their buy with more time.

    Investing in General
    Investing can be different for other people, it all depends on the company a particular person buys from. For example, an investor can buy a stock from Apple and get more money with that stock as a long term benefit while other investors may buy from another company and get more benefits while investing in the short term.

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