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Despite the ease of trading over the Internet and the publicity given day trading, Americans today are putting eight out of ten of their discretionary investment dollars into meeting long-term goals, according to new research by the Forum for Investor Advice. On average, investors define long-term as being at least 15 years. Just over half of investors surveyed by the Forum (52%) have a relationship with a financial advisor, and those who work with an advisor tend to have a slightly longer definition of long-term.

Women were more likely than men to set conservative goals. For example, while 42% of the men said they planned to use some of their short-term investments to make a major purchase such as a car or house, only 14% of women had such a goal. And, while 42% of women said they plan to use some of the money to finance their children’s or grandchildren’s education, only 29% of men had such a goal.

There are many different ways of making money in the stock market. Drip programs have already been discussed. Now we need to discuss developing a portfolio with different strategies to maximize your investment dollars.

Capital gains as they are called are the most common way of creating wealth. Basically it is an increase or gain in value. If a stock goes up one point, a dollar per share is made. It is as simple as that. Now remember in figuring out the profit, Uncle Sam wants their part in taxes. Capital gains are figured at a different tax rate than earned income from your job if you own the stock over a years period. So this helps out for the totals at the end of the year if held in a long term period. Now for the good news, the only time you pay taxes on this type of an investment is when you sell them and get the money. Dividends are taxable and are declared yearly, the company will send you a statement of your income.
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Asset protection refers to the positioning of various assets in an investor?s portfolio with the intention of maximizing the potential for a return on the investor?s money, whilst protecting it from any major downfalls.

Diversification can have a huge impact on the end results of any investment plan.
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