INVESTING

Investment is a term with several closely-related meanings in finance and economics. It refers to the accumulation of some kind of asset in hopes of getting a future return from it.

In common usage it is taken to mean exchanging money for a promise of more money in the future (investing in a bond), exchanging money for some or total ownership of a company or companies (investing in a stock or mutual fund), and the exchange of money by a business for an addition to their ability to produce (capital investment)

It can also be fined as laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit