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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RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $25 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Units outstanding: 326.9 million; Market cap: $8.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 7.2; Dividend yield: 5.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.riocan.com) owns all or part of 300 shopping centres in Canada....
After buying Wind (now Freedom) Mobile, Shaw Communications enhanced its Internet and television offerings, keeping more customers on board and revenues rising.
A: Dream Global REIT, $10.49, symbol DRG.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 124.9 million; Market cap: $1.5 billion; www.dream.ca/global), is a Canadian real estate investment trust that focuses on investing outside the country....
Dear Inner Circle Member,
In the 18th century, pioneer economist Adam Smith (author of The Wealth of Nations) wrote that the public tends to overvalue what he called “speculative ventures.” The world has changed a lot since then, but his warning still applies, especially to penny mining stocks....
In the 18th century, pioneer economist Adam Smith (author of The Wealth of Nations) wrote that the public tends to overvalue what he called “speculative ventures.” The world has changed a lot since then, but his warning still applies, especially to penny mining stocks....
INNERGEX RENEWABLE ENERGY $14.63 (Toronto symbol INE; Shares outstanding: 108.4 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield 4.5%; www.innergex.com) operates 30 hydroelectric plants, 17 wind farms and one solar power field....
We think conservative investors can hold up to 10% of their portfolios in foreign stocks. One way to do that is by choosing exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with an overseas focus.
The best ETFs continue to offer very low management fees and well-diversified, tax-efficient portfolios of highquality stocks.
Here’s a look at four international ETFs we see as buys, and two we feel you should continue to hold.
ISHARES MSCI EMERGING MARKETS INDEX FUND $41.20 (New York symbol EEM; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
The fund’s geographic breakdown includes China, 26.9%; South Korea, 15.5%; Taiwan, 12.2%; India, 8.5%; Brazil, 6.9%; South Africa, 6.6%; Mexico, 3.6%; Russia, 3.4%; Indonesia, 2.5%; Malaysia, 2.4%; Thailand, 2.2%; and Poland, 1.3%.
Its top holdings are Tencent Holdings (China: Internet), 4.3%; Samsung Electronics (South Korea), 4.3%; Taiwan Semiconductor (computer chips), 3.6%; Alibaba Group (China: e-commerce), 3.0%; Naspers (South Africa: media and Internet), 2.0%; China Construction Bank, 1.5%; China Mobile, 1.5%; Hon Hai Precision (Taiwan), 1.2%; Baidu (China: Internet), 1.1%; and Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, 1.1%.
iShares launched the ETF on April 7, 2003....
The best ETFs continue to offer very low management fees and well-diversified, tax-efficient portfolios of highquality stocks.
Here’s a look at four international ETFs we see as buys, and two we feel you should continue to hold.
ISHARES MSCI EMERGING MARKETS INDEX FUND $41.20 (New York symbol EEM; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
The fund’s geographic breakdown includes China, 26.9%; South Korea, 15.5%; Taiwan, 12.2%; India, 8.5%; Brazil, 6.9%; South Africa, 6.6%; Mexico, 3.6%; Russia, 3.4%; Indonesia, 2.5%; Malaysia, 2.4%; Thailand, 2.2%; and Poland, 1.3%.
Its top holdings are Tencent Holdings (China: Internet), 4.3%; Samsung Electronics (South Korea), 4.3%; Taiwan Semiconductor (computer chips), 3.6%; Alibaba Group (China: e-commerce), 3.0%; Naspers (South Africa: media and Internet), 2.0%; China Construction Bank, 1.5%; China Mobile, 1.5%; Hon Hai Precision (Taiwan), 1.2%; Baidu (China: Internet), 1.1%; and Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, 1.1%.
iShares launched the ETF on April 7, 2003....
RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $25.30 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 325.7 million; Market cap: $8.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.6%; www.riocan.com) owns all or part of 300 shopping centres in Canada. That includes 15 properties under development.
The trust has now agreed to sell 50% of its Sunnybrook Plaza retail property in midtown Toronto to Concert Real Estate Corp....
The trust has now agreed to sell 50% of its Sunnybrook Plaza retail property in midtown Toronto to Concert Real Estate Corp....
MARKET VECTORS VIETNAM ETF $14.44 (New York symbol VNM; buy or sell through brokers) holds Vietnamese companies and foreign firms that get a significant share of their revenue from the Southeast Asian nation.
The ETF’s top holdings are Vietnam Dairy Products, 8.3%; Vingroup (conglomerate), 7.1%; the Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, 7.0%; No Va Land Investment Group (real estate), 7.0%; and Masan Group (a food, resources and banking conglomerate), 6.1%.
Investing in Vietnam still comes with aboveaverage political risk....
The ETF’s top holdings are Vietnam Dairy Products, 8.3%; Vingroup (conglomerate), 7.1%; the Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, 7.0%; No Va Land Investment Group (real estate), 7.0%; and Masan Group (a food, resources and banking conglomerate), 6.1%.
Investing in Vietnam still comes with aboveaverage political risk....
There are many ways to invest in gold. But we think the best gold stocks are your safest bet.
We recommend that gold investments only make up a limited portion of your portfolio’s resources segment.
However, if you want to hold gold shares, then here are some tips to help you pick the best gold stocks on the market.
Hidden value, explosive profits Big gains often rise from hidden value.... |
A: Westshore Terminals Investment Corp., $21.76, symbol WTE on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 73.3 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; www.westshore.com), owns a coal storage and loading terminal at Roberts Bank, B.C., about 30 kilometres south of Vancouver....