Distinguishing Investment from Speculation

Financial education is a subject of fundamental importance for life, but paradoxically it is one that the educational system barely addresses, even in business careers.

The omission is not accidental. For the current financial system to continue functioning and maintaining its corrupt elites, they need the general population, ordinary people, to be ignorant.

But that is another much deeper debate, one with so many facets that we can hardly see them all.

The truth is that understanding economics and finance should be considered the new basic literacy.

That's why it would be wise to educate children from an early age in the various types of financial and investment tools, because the world has completely changed and it is naive to think that a secure job and a monthly salary can cover all our needs.

However, we must clearly distinguish what investment is from what speculation is, as this will give people more chances of being successful throughout their lives.

In this regard, we could certainly agree that both Forex and cryptocurrency trading fall more into the category of speculation than investment.

Although they can generate quick profits, everything can be lost just as quickly, and even experienced traders have a percentage of losing trades.

Let's consider that despite the use of techniques such as Technical Analysis and Fundamental Analysis, there are variables that cannot be fully anticipated, which implies high risk, not to mention that there are scams and insider information that insiders possess, especially in the world of cryptocurrencies.

While there are successful traders, we must remember that this is a zero-sum activity, meaning there must always be losers for there to be winners, since not everyone can win all the time—it's a matter of simple mathematical probabilities.

However, teaching Forex and Crypto would be interesting to inform the population about their risks and thus limit losses, because many inexperienced investors get carried away by posts from influencers and supposed traders who share signals and whose real profit is that many people invest in platforms so they can earn from referral commissions.

On the internet, there are many so-called snake oil salesmen who present themselves as expert traders in either Forex or Crypto, but all they want is to sell courses of dubious effectiveness and obtain referral commissions.

For these reasons, the more information people obtain from an early age, the better financial decisions they will be able to make and thus be able to choose in an informed way the type of investment that best suits their needs and the inherent risk they represent.

Because when it comes to investments and speculation, they all have potential risk—the greater the possible gain, the greater the risk as well... as the old and well-known saying tells us:

"With risk comes reward"

Finally, and although it may be one of the most overused phrases in the world of investments, it is essential that we teach children that one should never invest money that we are not willing to lose and that we must always do our own research before investing in something we don't know.

Diferenciar Inversión de la Especulación

La educación financiera es una materia de fundamental importancia para la vida, pero paradójicamente es una que el sistema educativo apenas contempla incluso en carreras empresariales.

La omisión no es casual. Para que el actual sistema financiero siga funcionando y manteniendo a sus élites corruptas, necesitan que la población general, las personas comunes, sean ignorantes.

Pero ese es otro debate mucho más profundo, y que tiene tantas aristas que difícilmente podamos verlas todas.

Lo cierto es que entender de economía y finanzas tendría que ser considerada la nueva alfabetización básica.

Por eso sería inteligente educar desde pequeños a los niños en los diversos tipos de herramientas financieras y de inversión, porque el mundo cambió totalmente y es ingenuo pensar que un empleo seguro y un sueldo mensual pueda cubrir todas nuestras necesidades.

Sin embargo, tenemos que diferenciar bien lo que es inversión de lo que es especulación, ya que esto hará que las personas tengan más posibilidades de tener éxito a lo largo de sus vidas.

En este aspecto, ciertamente podríamos coincidir en que tanto el Forex como el Trading en criptomonedas entran más en la categoría de especulación que de inversión.

Aunque pueden generar ganancias rápidas, con igual rapidez se puede perderlo todo, e incluso los traders experimentados tienen un porcentaje de operaciones negativas.

Consideremos que a pesar del uso de técnicas como Análisis Técnico y Análisis Fundamental, existen variables que no pueden ser previstas en su totalidad, por lo cual implican un riesgo alto, eso sin mencionar que existen estafas e información privilegiada que los insiders disponen, especialmente en el mundo de las criptomonedas.

Si bien existen los traders exitosos, hay que recordar que esta es una actividad de suma cero, es decir siempre deben haber perdedores para que haya ganadores, ya que no todos pueden ganar todo el tiempo, es una cuestión de simples probabilidades matemáticas.

Sin embargo, sería interesante la enseñanza de Forex y Crypto para informar a la población de sus riesgos para así limitar las pérdidas, porque muchos inversores inexpertos se dejan llevar por publicaciones de influencers y supuestos traders que comparten señales y cuya ganancia real es que muchas personas inviertan en plataformas para así ganar con la comisión de referidos.

En internet existen muchos llamados vendedores de humo que se venden como expertos comerciantes ya sea en Forex o Crypto pero lo único que quieren es vender cursos de dudosa efectividad y obtener comisiones de referidos.

Por esas razones mientras más información obtengan desde pequeños, las personas podrán tomar mejores decisiones financieras y así poder elegir de forma informada el tipo de inversión que más se adecue a sus necesidades y el riesgo inherente que representan.

Porque en cuanto a inversiones y especulaciones, todas tienen potencial riesgo, mientras mayor sea la posible ganancia, también es mayor el riesgo... ya nos lo decía el viejo y conocido refrán

"Bajo el riesgo está la ganancia"

Por último, y aunque sean unas de las frases más gastadas dentro del mundo de las inversiones, es fundamental que enseñemos a los niños que nunca se debe invertir un dinero que no estemos dispuestos a perder y que siempre debemos realizar nuestra propia investigación antes de invertir en algo que no conozcamos.


Original language: Spanish
Translation service: Claude (Anthropic)
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This is post is very true. I have spent several years asking that same question to myself and out loud to others, "Why isn't the subject of money taught in schools?"
We work 35+ hours a week for most of our lives and yet, few of us actually understand how money works.
That (un)obviously leads most of the world's population to not enjoy life in all of its fullness.
It appears that @ladyaryastark 's comment is true....
"For the current financial system to continue functioning and supporting its corrupt elites, it needs the general population, ordinary people, to remain ignorant."
So what do / can we do about that? Yes, we can educate our children, families and friends, but how do we make a global impact regarding this subject?

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Here's the thing...
Conspiracies are real.
Conspiracy theories are yet to be proven or disproven.

The info you've shared about the lack of financial education not being mainstream, is done for a reason.

Look at who controls the media.
Look into the origin of the education systems and especially the long standing, well respected education institutions and who funds them! It's very educational (excuse the pun 😆)

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