All investments should be evaluated based on opportunity cost versus time. Are you investing for the short term or the long term? And which option would be more efficient and profitable if you invested elsewhere instead of this? The idea behind recommending long-term stock investments is that high-quality securities tend to benefit from inflation. Inflation happens when the prices of goods increase faster than the value of money. Wouldn’t a producer only make a good if its price exceeds its monetary value? However, if this gap is too large, the consumer experiences volatility. That’s why the efficiency of using money declines because you need money to buy things. This principle explains why stock prices tend to rise over time if you hold high-quality stocks long enough. Therefore, investing is often referred to as investing in time—because over time, it adds value. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”
Only ‘things you know wrong’ are considered stereotypes, but ‘things you know for sure’ can also be stereotypes. With knowledge, it is easy to say ‘wrong-RIGHT-words.’ However, there is no “right answer” in the world. There are many ‘answers’ to one problem, and we often have difficulty finding an answer among them. Stereotypes do not discriminate between ‘right’ and ‘wrong.’ Stereotypes, in themselves, only imprison our thoughts. Trapped thinking finds only limited answers. Perhaps you can’t find it forever. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”