-One of the most fateful choices in your life is “choosing the path where your money is going,” and the topic is critical because it affects not only you and your future but also the people responsible for you, especially at this time because prices continue to rise and the value of the currency continues to fall.. So you need to calculate it correctly.. do you save your money or invest it.
First of all, what is saving?
It is thrift. You save money on the side so that you can use it in the short term, in addition to these funds being supportive for you in emergency cases such as travel, medical bills, car repair, and so on. It is a short-term saving, but if you are saving for retirement, for example, or your children’s education, it is a long-term saving.
SAVING can be either mandatory or optional. Mandatory saving is applied to you by laws or regulations to benefit you later on. For example, the company you work for deducts a portion of your salary throughout your employment to benefit you in retirement as social insurance or pension fund.
Optional saving is when you voluntarily save money and deposit it into bank accounts or certificates of deposit, which are among the most popular savings methods, and there is a significant difference between them.
(Bank deposits and savings certificates).
Bank deposits: Simply put, it’s when you leave your money with a bank as a deposit, and they keep it for a certain period of time, which could be (a week, a month, 3 months, 6 months, a year, or more) depending on what you want. The bank then pays you interest on a daily, monthly, quarterly, or another basis, depending on the type of deposit you have chosen. You can break the deposit at any time, but you will lose a portion of your money.
As for savings certificates, they are like deposits in that they are savings instrument that holds your money and pays you interest for the duration of the certificate, which can range from one to ten years. The advantage of savings certificates is that they offer a higher return than deposits, but you cannot withdraw the certificate until six months have passed. Additionally, you will lose a portion of your money if you break the certificate.
(Pros of saving)
In general, saving is of great importance and has many advantages, as Benjamin Franklin, one of the founders of the United States, emphasized when he said, “A penny saved is a penny earned.” It is an emergency fund that can help you in any crisis, and finance any short-term goal, and there is no risk or need for speculation, as your money is secured in a deposit or certificate. Moreover, it is a liquid asset that can be easily used at any time.
(Cons of saving)
money is fluid and easy to use at any time. so it can be spent on unnecessary things and to a large extent, money cannot be controlled.
The biggest disadvantage of savings, in general, is that the amount you have saved for more than a year, for example, it is possible to lose its value in moments, and this happens due to inflation, the “hidden thief of savings” as Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister, called it.
For example, imagine that you saved 2 million pounds and decided to buy a property, found something that you liked at the same price as yours, and said that you would buy it in a few months. Suddenly, inflation occurred, which means that prices rose and the value of your money fell. Therefore, you need to add funds to the funds that you have in order to be able to purchase the property. In general, you have lost a significant part of your money, and it is still in place.
(Investing)
On the other hand, there is (investing): it is any way that increases your money and maintains its value, such as employing it in a certain area, making a long-term profit, and focusing more on this long-term aspect. If you focus on the short term, you may engage in speculation, which is when you know that a certain item will become more expensive in the future, so you buy it before the price rises, and then sell it for profit. This is based not on market analysis and its study, but on rumors. Speculation is not guaranteed, and its risks are high.
In turn, the investment should last for a long time, and you should make your decision based on a thorough analysis and study, and all this ensures that any risks or losses that may occur are minimized. The advantage of investing is that it secures your future and responsible life from you, provides you with a big profit with little effort, and most importantly, protects your money from any crisis or inflation because your money increases with any rise in prices.
This makes about 75% of financial advisers in America in 2020 recommend their clients to invest (according to market watch), and on this basis, the Federal Reserve surveyed in the same year, and the result recommended was: that the average household net worth in the United States was 121.700 dollars, and this is because the majority of citizens are investors in real estate.
It is also applicable to real estate investment in Egypt because the real estate market increased by 17% in terms of price in 2020 – according to the report issued by JLL, the international real estate services company – and it brought a large income, and provided capital to people who invested in real estate.
Why do most people prefer saving to investing?
Because, as humans, we like to always feel safe, we spend money on certificates, deposits, etc. Ways in which there is no risk. And we are afraid to invest even if it is more profitable; because it involves high risks, although risks are always associated with interest and large returns.
Why do some people fail to invest?
1-because he needs patience and continuity.
2-lack of knowledge and experience (and do not worry from this point because we will make a whole series about investing).
In general, the purpose of saving and investing is to accumulate funds and use them in the future. They are two sides of the same coin, but it can remain the same coin, and it can be more than one.
(The solution).
Save to invest, as Grant Cardone, a real estate investor, and entrepreneur, said, “investing puts money into the business, and the only reason to save money is to invest it”.
This is what Warren Buffett did when he was 11 years old, he saved 114 dollars, and instead of keeping them in a savings account, he invested these funds, and he kept investing until he arrived now and became one of the 10 richest men in the world with a net worth estimated at more than 100 billion dollars.
The basic rule before investing is that you save enough for your needs and the needs of your home for 3:6 months.
(Conclusion)
Saving is important in that it covers you for any short-term commitment or any urgent need, but it will not be able to protect you from inflation that occurs continuously, and therefore investment thinking is the solution; Because it will provide you with a high return, through which you can achieve all long-term goals such as retirement, or educating your children and securing their future.
In general, always ask yourself: Why do you save when you can invest? What types of investment? Advantages and disadvantages of each type! And what is the most suitable thing for you? Wait for the next article to know all this and more.
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