Investment

1. Economics.

Expenditure by firms on (or creation by firms of) capital goods and stock to be used for future production or sale.

2.

More broadly, the expenditure of money or money's worth with a view to increasing over time the value invested.

3.

An asset held, in the expectation of producing capital gains, income, or both.

See also

• Accounting return on investment
• Active investment
• Aggregate demand
• Alternative investment
• Alternative investment management
• Alternative Investment Management Association
• Alternative Investment Market
• Asset risk
• Associate
• Capital
• Cash investing in a new world
• Direct investment
• Divestment
• ESG investment
• European Investment Bank (EIB)
• European Investment Fund (EIF)
• Foreign direct investment
• Injection
• Investment appraisal
• Investment bank
• Investment Committees
• Investment company
• Investment firm
• Investment Firms Regulation
• Investment fund
• Investment grade
• Investment horizon
• Investment risk
• Investment trust
• Investor
• Inward investment
• Matching
• Net investment hedge accounting
• Non-investment grade
• Non-investment product
• Norms-based investment
• Open-ended investment company
• Passive investment
• Payback period
• Portfolio investment
• Principles for Responsible Investment
• Real estate investment trust (REIT)
• Recognised investment exchange
• Responsible investment
• Return on investment
• Robo-adviser
• Short-term investments
• Simple investment accounting
• Speculation
• Statement of investment principles
• Stock
• Sustainable investment
• The Investment Association
• Value investment