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

  • 27-09-2017 05:59PM
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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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