investment
An investment is an asset or property acquired to generate income or gain appreciation. Appreciation is the increase in the value of an asset over time. It requires the outlay of a resource today, like time, effort, and money, for a greater payoff in the future or for generating a profit.
An investment involves using capital in the present to increase an asset’s value over time.
Investments may include bonds, stocks, real estate, or alternative investments.
Investments can be diversified to reduce risk, though this may reduce the amount of earning potential.
In business contexts, investments are financial; however, consider how some people spend time to make higher incomes in the future (i.e. invest in a college education).
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The U.S. Fed has now increased its target interest rate three times in the last seven months, from a range of 0.5% to 0.75% to the current range of 1.00% to 1.25%.
That’s good news for these three lenders: they will earn higher income on their loans....
That’s good news for these three lenders: they will earn higher income on their loans....
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A number of our portfolio management clients recently asked questions that may interest our Inner Circle members.
A number of our portfolio management clients recently asked questions that may interest our Inner Circle members.
- “Pat, I find your analysis of the Trump phenomena interesting. But I wonder how much difference it makes to our Canadian stock market and economy....
Discover the pros and cons of index investing with both mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs)
ADOBE SYSTEMS INC. $138.25 (Nasdaq symbol ADBE; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (408-536-6000; www.adobe.com; Shares outstanding: 494.7 million; Market cap: $68.4 billion; No dividends paid) makes software that lets computer users create, edit and share documents in the popular PDF format....
Canada’s Dream Global REIT incurs risk with an acquisition strategy concentrated on Germany, but enjoys strong cash flow and a high dividend yield.
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A: The battery industry currently uses 42% of global cobalt production, a critical metal for lithium-ion electric vehicle batteries. The remaining 58% is used in diverse industrial and military applications (super alloys, catalysts, magnets, pigments, and so on) that rely exclusively on the material.
About 97% of the world’s supply of cobalt comes as a by-product of nickel or copper (mined almost exclusively in the Democratic Republic of Congo)....
About 97% of the world’s supply of cobalt comes as a by-product of nickel or copper (mined almost exclusively in the Democratic Republic of Congo)....
On average, Canada’s Big Five banks are down about 8% in the past three months. That’s partly due to concerns over a sharp increase in real estate prices, especially in Toronto and Vancouver. Any significant rise in interest rates would hurt the ability of some borrowers to repay their mortgages....
HOME CAPITAL GROUP INC. $9.64 (Toronto symbol HCG; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 64.3 million; Market cap: $619.9 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend suspended in May 2017; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.homecapital.com) is a mortgage lender serving borrowers who fail to meet the stricter stan dards of Canada’s big banks and other larger, traditional lenders.
Due to charges that the company failed to disclose material information in a timely manner, depositors continue to remove their cash from Home Trust (Home Capital’s wholly owned banking subsidiary)....
Due to charges that the company failed to disclose material information in a timely manner, depositors continue to remove their cash from Home Trust (Home Capital’s wholly owned banking subsidiary)....