What Is Investing?<br >IN% ESTING IS USING MONEY for the primary purpose of making<br >more money. Investing is also using money to bo{~st income ~)r t~)<br >increase capital. Every person who has ever made an investment<br >does so for one or more of the above reasons.<br > These reasons have existed from the beginning of time. It is<br >both interesting and amusing to look up the word ml，est in a<br >fifty-year-old dictionary or thesaurus. I found adages as ()ld-<br >fashioned as "to feather one s nest，" admonitions such as "t~)<br >guard against，" and definitions as enduring as "save to fall back<br >upon" or "prepare and provide for."<br > You ll note that none of these phrases even hint that there s<br >anything to be gained by keeping your money under the<br >mattress or burying it in a pot in the backTard. Hidden money<br >doesn t earn interest. Entombed money doesn t work for v~u.<br > ，# ，，"<br >Investors hundreds of years ago knew that. The need f{)r<br >investing has existed since the stone age. Only the tools， the<br >materials， and the mechanisms have changed over the centuries.<br > Money matters currently seem to come into focus for most<br >women twice a year: December and April.<br > In December you realize the fiscal and calendar year is<br >drawing to a close. Before the new year， you might make a pass at<br >trying to get your financial affairs in order.<br > Come April 15， you have to pay the Internal Revenue<br >Service~and perhaps pay even more than you had anticipated<br > 1<br >