MTI011: Setting Time-Based Investing Goals with Robert Farrington

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Money Tree Investing Podcast

Stockmarket, Valuestocks, Investing, Finance, Passiveincome, Wealth, Business, Personalfinance

4.6 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2014

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Different assets are ideal for different goals, especially when you consider your time frame. When setting investing goals, it’s important to consider time horizon, as well as what you want to accomplish. In this episode we talk about setting investing

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Money Tree Investing Podcast.
0:04.7	Stock market, wealth, personal finance, value stocks, invest in your life.
0:11.5	Welcome to the Money Tree Investing Podcast.
0:14.7	This week we are talking with Robert Farrington from the college investor about short-term versus long-term investing and when
0:24.2	each is appropriate.
0:25.5	Thanks for joining me today, Robert.
0:27.9	Hey, thanks for having you, Miranda.
0:29.5	I'm excited to be here.
0:30.8	I'm excited to have you on.
0:33.1	So let's get right into it.
0:36.9	What is, I guess, basically the difference between long-term investing and short-term investing?
0:43.6	Sure.
0:44.1	Well, I mean, it's really all about time frame.
0:46.4	So, you know, you hear Warren Buffett likes to buy and hold things forever.
0:52.1	And so that's really a very long-term.
0:55.5	But I think most investors classify long term is, you know, maybe five to ten years or a longer time frame. And
1:02.4	short term is usually like less than three to five years when it comes to investments. Some people
1:08.3	add like a middle, like a midterm length time in there, but really if you
1:13.4	have short term or long term, it's about the five-year point is the cutoff.
1:17.6	Okay. And what are some of the investment goals that fall into these and even include midterm
1:24.0	goals? You mentioned these midterm goals. So I think that that's kind of a good way to break it down. I think a lot of people would like that midterm goals. You mentioned these midterm goals. So I think that that's kind of a good way to
1:28.9	break it down. I think a lot of people would like that midterm thing because five years to me personally
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