Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Investment vs. Speculation

I was reading Edward Chancellor's 'Devil Take The Hindmost' and I found a good three liner on the difference between investment and speculation by Fred Schwed:

As he put it: "Speculation is an effort, probably unsuccessful, to turn a little money into a lot. Investment is an effort, which should be successful, to prevent a lot of money becoming a little".

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