The investment world can seem quite intimidating at first
glance, often people shy away from discovering the
advantages of investing simply because they are overwhelmed
with the abundance of investment terms and categories. You
may find after a little bit of research that investing is
more simplistic than it may seem at first glance.
The area where most people run into trouble is in the
thought that investing is something distant from their
every day life. In fact the majority of people are
completely unaware of the fact that investing is something
they do on a regular basis, whether they realize it or not.
Each and every college student, employee, parent and human
being on the face of this planet is investing in one thing
or another every day. Time and money are invested each day
in things like Food, Education, Children, Cars,
Entertainment and the list goes on.
When we invest in something we expect to receive in return
something of equal or greater value to that which we spent.
For example, if we invest time into our education our hopes
are that one day the rewards of an increased intelligence
in a certain field will help increase the overall quality
and value of our every day life (and possibly even the
lives of others). Were we to invest in entertainment, say
for instance buying a "ticket" at the movie theatre, we are
investing with the hopes that the joy we receive will be
equal to or greater than the value of an $8 dollar movie
ticket.
So as we come to realize that investing is something we do
on a daily basis, an aspect of life which permeates all
things both monetary and otherwise, it becomes our
responsibility to start deciding where and how we want to
invest our energy to maximize the quality of our choices
and the impact they have on our life.
So what makes "Investing" so intimidating and why do so
many still shy away from it, even though they are already
doing it day in and day out. The answer to this question
should create a fundamental change in the way you perceive
money. Professional "Investors" spend cash to make cash,
the rest of the population spends cash to receive things
other than cash (ex. movie tickets, education, food,
clothing, etc.)
These items that we spend our hard earned cash on often
times stand as a gap between our financial security. If you
had the opportunity to choose between investing: 1) 65
dollars cash, in return for 95 dollars cash each and every
Saturday evening or 2) Buying a new shirt and a new pair of
pants every Saturday evening.
Which would you choose?
You see Investors are keenly aware of not only where their
money is going, but how to utilize their money in order to
maximize the amount of cash they will receive in return
when their money comes back to them. Whether or not we
choose to educate ourselves when it comes to investing our
hard earned money, well that's not something that can be
forced upon anyone. Investing must be a decision made based
on a genuine interest to achieve a higher standard of
financial excellence. Once we realize that we're all
investors, and that investing is something we have done and
will continue to do until the day we die, the decision to
become a well informed Investor becomes that much easier.
In a following article I may write up on some of the
options investors have for capturing significant returns
using various investment tools. Until then invest in your
future by taking some time to ponder the essence of the
daily investor, and how your life will be effected by your
decision to pursue a broader understanding of the wide
world of investments.
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Ranked in the Top 10 by Google as an International Forex
Money Manager Aaron Stokes is a professional in the field
of managed Forex accounts with an average of 10% growth per
month on managed accounts. For details visit:
http://www.forex-cipher.com
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