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 for the relatively longer-term, in the expectation of producing capital gains, income, or both.

See also

• Active
• Aggregate demand
• Asset risk
• Associate
• Cash investing in a new world
• Divestment
• Injection
• Investment Committees
• Investment company
• Investment risk
• Investor
• Non-investment product
• Passive
• Payback period
• Robo-adviser
• Short-term investments