Investment - 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 as a "commitment of money to receive more money later". From a broader viewpoint, an investment can be defined as "to tailor the pattern of expenditure and receipt of resources to optimise the desirable patterns of these flows". When expenditures and receipts are defined in terms of money, then the net monetary receipt in a time period is termed cash flow, while money received in a series of several time periods is termed a cash flow stream. In finance, the purpose of investing is to generate a return on the invested asset. The return may consist of a gain (profit) or a loss realized from the sale of a property or an investment, unrealized capital appreciation (or depreciation), investment income such as dividends, interest, or rental income, or a combination of capital gain and income. The return may also include currency gains or loss

Investment - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Set of actions with the intent of earning profit This article is about investment in finance. For investment in macroeconomics, see Investment (macroeconomics) . For other uses, see Investment (disambiguation) . "Invest" redirects here. For other uses, see Invest (disambiguation) . This article needs more citations . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . Find sources: "Investment" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( Feb

Investment - Wikipedia

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