Ways of investing: seven approaches compared
Seven lessons on the different approaches, treated honestly. Long term investing, swing trading, intraday, derivatives, dividends, value and growth. Each explains where the returns come from and what the evidence says about how people actually do.
Long term investing
Holding for years so the business has time to grow.
12 min read
Swing trading
Holding for days or weeks to catch one move. Higher effort, higher risk.
12 min read
Intraday trading
Buying and selling the same day. What the SEBI data actually shows.
12 min read
Dividend investing
Owning companies that pay part of their profit out to shareholders.
10 min read
Value investing
Buying businesses for less than they appear to be worth.
11 min read
Growth investing
Paying up for businesses expected to grow quickly, and the risk in that.
10 min read
Futures and options
Read this before you go near derivatives. The numbers are not close.
12 min read