The Difference Between a Savings Account and Investing
The words saving and investing seem to always go together, like peanut butter and jelly, or death and taxes. And they do belong together, because before you can invest, you have to save. Saving is spending less than what you make and putting the difference aside for later. It’s delayed gratification, it’s the old fable about the summer ant and the winter ant. Saving is taking precautions against, and preparing for, an unknown and predictable future. Investing takes that one step further, and it’s largely a function of your time horizon for the money you are making and saving. Savings [...]