8 Facts that Prove the Importance of Stock Investing

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8 Facts that Prove the Importance of Stock Investing

If you’re a salaried individual in the early or middle stages of your career, there are chances that you’ve heard about investing in the stock market. Depending on your context, hearsay can be varied – that stock markets can make one very rich, or that the stock market is like gambling and you can end up losing all your money if you’re not exceptionally careful about where you invest. As with most things, there’s a hint of truth in both these statements – but they’re far from providing an average individual with a clear picture of stock investing as a whole. In this article, we’ll explore the undoubted importance of investing in the stock market, including covering some important bases such as who should and should not be investing in the stock market, and some common assumptions as well. To do this, we’ll first discuss the fact as it is, and then qualify it with further explanations, thereby providing critical context to the fact. So why is it important to invest in the stock market? Let’s get started. 1. You can beat inflation. This is perhaps one of the best reasons to invest your money in stocks, as opposed to letting it rest in your savings account. Even as the world experiences record high inflation across the globe, the stock market has


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