What is the difference between Investments and trading?

[Ravishankar]

From the point of stock market :

Selling an IPO is an investment/capital for a company.

The same IPO is sold by the share holder in stock market based on current market price is trading.

Also,

Waiting for long time to get the returns is also termed as investment.

Buying and selling is Trading.

[v geetha]

Investments refers to buying a stock for a long period of time.
Trading refers to buying and selling stocks for shorter period of time.

[clintonfernando]

investment refers t0 buying a stock or other financial instruments for longer period of time..

trading refers to buying and selling of stocks or any other financial instruments for short period of time..

investment typically  occur  over several years. trading typically occurs less than a few months..

[Christopher]

Investments means buying stocks and hold them for a long period of time to book a good profit.

Trading means buying and selling stock within short term period with a target in mind.

[gorantla.vinod]

Investing is for creating wealth by buying stock and holding for long time where as trading involves the more frequent buying and selling of stock

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