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Investment
Investment In*vest"ment, n.
1. The act of investing, or the state of being invested.
2. That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.
Whose white investments figure innocence. --Shak.
3. (Mil.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging
by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
The capitulation was signed by the commander of the
fort within six days after its investments.
--Marshall.
4. The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of
property; the amount of money invested, or that in which
money is invested.
Before the investment could be made, a change of the
market might render it ineligible. --A. Hamilton.
An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens.
--Hawthorne.
Meaning of investment from wikipedia
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Investment is
traditionally defined as the "commitment of
resources to
achieve later benefits". If an
investment involves money, then it can be defined...
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Investment banking pertains to
certain activities of a
financial services company or a
corporate division that
engages in
providing advisory-based services...
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Investment management (sometimes
referred to more
generally as ****et management) is the
professional ****et
management of
various securities, including...
- An
investment fund is a way of
investing money alongside other investors in
order to
benefit from the
inherent advantages of
working as part of a group...
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Return on
investment (ROI) or
return on
costs (ROC) is the
ratio between net
income (over a period) and
investment (costs
resulting from an
investment of some...
- In macroeconomics,
investment "consists of the
additions to the nation's
capital stock of buildings, equipment, software, and
inventories during a year"...
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Fixed investment in
economics is the
purchasing of
newly produced fixed capital. It is
measured as a flow
variable – that is, as an
amount per unit of...
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broad range of
subfields exists within finance. ****et-, money-, risk- and
investment management aim to
maximize value and
minimize volatility.
Financial analysis...
- A
foreign direct investment (FDI)
refers to
purchase of an ****et in
another country, such that it
gives direct control to the
purchaser over the ****et...
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Fidelity Investments,
formerly known as
Fidelity Management &
Research (FMR), is an
American multinational financial services corporation based in Boston...