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In economics, investing is the active redirecting resources from being consumed today so that they may create benefits in the future; the use of assets to earn income or profit.Investing is the process
Process

Process may refer to:Biology*Process , a projection or outgrowth of tissue from a larger body* Biological processScience and technnology*Process , a computer program or an instance of a program running concurrently with other programs...
 of making an investment
Investment

Investment or investing is a term with several closely-related meanings in business management, finance and economics, related to Saving or deferring Consumption ....
 in order to earn a profit, for example equity investment
Equity investment

Equity investment generally refers to the buying and holding of shares of stock on a stock market by individuals and funds in anticipation of income from dividends and capital gain as the value of the stock rises....
 either through a fund, a 401k plan, or individually. People often invest in order to build up their estate or to accumulate funds for retirement
Retirement

Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. A person may also semi-retire and keep some sort of retirement job, out of choice rather than necessity....
.

To try to predict good stocks to invest in, two main schools of thought exist: technical analysis
Technical analysis

Technical analysis is a security analysis technique that claims the ability to forecast the future direction of prices through the study of past market data, primarily price and volume....
 and fundamentals analysis.








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In economics, investing is the active redirecting resources from being consumed today so that they may create benefits in the future; the use of assets to earn income or profit.Investing is the process
Process

Process may refer to:Biology*Process , a projection or outgrowth of tissue from a larger body* Biological processScience and technnology*Process , a computer program or an instance of a program running concurrently with other programs...
 of making an investment
Investment

Investment or investing is a term with several closely-related meanings in business management, finance and economics, related to Saving or deferring Consumption ....
 in order to earn a profit, for example equity investment
Equity investment

Equity investment generally refers to the buying and holding of shares of stock on a stock market by individuals and funds in anticipation of income from dividends and capital gain as the value of the stock rises....
 either through a fund, a 401k plan, or individually. People often invest in order to build up their estate or to accumulate funds for retirement
Retirement

Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. A person may also semi-retire and keep some sort of retirement job, out of choice rather than necessity....
.

To try to predict good stocks to invest in, two main schools of thought exist: technical analysis
Technical analysis

Technical analysis is a security analysis technique that claims the ability to forecast the future direction of prices through the study of past market data, primarily price and volume....
 and fundamentals analysis.

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