Long term investment...

long term investment offers some differences over short which are arguably lower risk, higher overall gains, and in the US a bteer capital gains tax advantage. the differences however are in the actual stock itself... short term investing (less than one year) is for more volatile type stocks that have high volume and volatility, rather than long term that an investor would wish for lower risk companies that perform upward and more reliable longevity. an investor would want to choose a company that will not only be around for decades, but will increase value over time, rather than lose. those companies typically gain value slower but are subject to lower losses in a higher volatile market. however, as history dictates, nothing is certain.