{"id":31646,"date":"2020-11-18T04:15:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T12:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=31646"},"modified":"2021-02-22T21:22:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T05:22:39","slug":"the-time-to-reap-returns-depends-on-the-investment-type-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id31646-the-time-to-reap-returns-depends-on-the-investment-type-2.html","title":{"rendered":"The Time to Reap Returns Depends on the Investment Type"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"golden<\/a>About half of Americans never invest at all<\/a>. At least that’s what the headlines say.<\/p>\n

In reality, if you’re living and breathing, and have the power of decision-making, you’re an investor; you invest your time and money in stuff and pursuits. Whether these pay off in a way that is measurable is another thing entirely — but every choice that you make is itself a kind of investment. You’re taking finite resources, like the time you have left in your life, and putting it toward something or other. If you have any money at all, you are investing every time you spend it, even if it’s just on a pack of gum.<\/p>\n

This, of course, is different than Investment (capital ‘I’), with its emphasis on measurable returns and thoughtful allocation. That’s something that not everybody has the stomach for. With its emphasis on long term thinking and big payoffs, Investment may seem as distant a possibility as going to the moon. But this isn’t the only way to think about investment. Sure, you want to make money and build wealth<\/a>, but it doesn’t have to be about big returns decades down the line.<\/p>\n

There are ways that regular people get investment payoffs at all different times. Here are three examples:<\/p>\n