14 November 2012

The Difference Between Trading and Investing (Video)

Posted In: Philosophy

Do you really know what it means to be an investor?

Many people who are active in the market don’t. They confuse having investments with being an investor, and the confusion can eat into their returns. In this video, Vahan Janjigian, CFA, one of the co-authors of the Forbes/CFA Institute investment course, explains the difference between trading and making long-term investment allocations.

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Robert Stammers, CFA

Robert Stammers, CFA, was director of Investor Engagement for CFA Institute and was responsible for increasing the use and distribution of Future of Finance and CFA Institute content by various audiences. Prior to joining CFA Institute, Stammers was the principal for his founded company where he consulted for real estate owners, lenders, and syndicators to develop and analyze structured real estate investments. There he devised strategy for obtaining debt and preferred equity capital and created finance-related marketing materials and research papers for various clients. Stammers has authored over 100 articles on various financial and investment topics for such investment periodicals as Forbes and Investopedia. He served as a senior equity analyst, where he was responsible for the creation of new investment tools and instructional products to provide the revenues for two new investment education companies. As a senior executive for several institutional fund managers, Stammers was the portfolio manager for a $1 billion enhanced real estate fund, a $1.2 billion private timber fund, and several pension fund separate accounts.