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Is there a difference between owning share for the short and long term?

98-00 · 2017-09-27 16:59:55

I have owned share, through inheritance, in the past, their dividends went toward my school fees when I was young and more recently their sale helped pay for my house. I was wondering, is there a difference between owning shares for the long term to gain income from the dividends and owning share in the short term to sell…

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27-09-2017 5:59pm

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I have owned share, through inheritance, in the past, their dividends went toward my school fees when I was young and more recently their sale helped pay for my house.

I was wondering, is there a difference between owning shares for the long term to gain income from the dividends and owning share in the short term to sell them at a profit?

I would think if your trading in the short term you wouldn't own them long enough to get a dividend payment.

If I wanted to trade myself online are there good websites/apps for doing this?

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#2 28-09-2017 5:15pm
topper_harley2

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buying/selling: http://Degiro.ie
Buy and hold vs trading http://www.finra.org/investors/stock-trading-vs-buy-and-hold

Just google the latter, there are millions of existing pages explaining difference between short term hold (trading) and long term holding (investing)

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#3 28-09-2017 6:38pm
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Thanks

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