Investing in stocks
gives you an ownership interest in the corporation
issuing the stock. If the corporation does well, your investment should
do well. If not, you could lose some (or all) of your money. The advantages
of investing in stocks include the potential for higher returns over
time than those offered by most other investments and returns that historically
have outpaced inflation. Both of these advantages make stock investments
an appropriate part of a portfolio designed to achieve long-term investment
goals.
