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Stock Traders and Stock Investors

The difference between stock market traders and stock market investors is often confusing. Here are some brief definitions and examples of each type of trader. According to Ian Harvey at Investopedia (downloaded on 4/10/2017), Stock traders tend to have a short-term time horizon and buy or sell stock based on the market and its characteristics rather than company. Traders consider such things as stock price patterns and the technical analysis of a given stocks price movements, factors that might cause…