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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Dear Inner Circle Member,


One of our three key rules for stock market success is to downplay or avoid stocks that are in the broker/media limelight. The problem with stocks in the limelight is that investors tend to build up excessive expectations for them....
PENGROWTH ENERGY CORP. $1.18 (Toronto symbol PGF; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 547.7 million; Market cap: $646.3 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend suspended in January 2016; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www....
If investing long term is on your mind, then it’s important to know about these two key strategies
“The saying ‘Sell in May and go away’ is based on an approach to the stock market that works only sporadically. It could actually cost you money if you go along with it.”
Today, many investors might not immediately recognize the name of master investor John Templeton. In the final quarter of the last century, however, Templeton was as famous and highly regarded as Warren Buffett is today.


Templeton got his start as an investor during the 1930s Depression....
It’s important to know how to make investment decisions for maximum safety
ISHARES CDN REIT SECTOR INDEX FUND $16.44 (Toronto symbol XRE; buy or sell through brokers; ca.ishares.com) holds all 16 Canadian real estate investment trusts in the S&P/TSX REIT Index.


The fund’s MER is 0.61%, and it yields 5.0%.


The ETF’s top ten holdings are RioCan REIT at 18.3%, H&R REIT (14.4%), Canadian A...
Glaukos Corporation declared a profit and saw its revenue climb 63.6% in the latest quarter on increased sales of its iStent medical device, used to treat glaucoma
RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $25.78 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 325.6 million; Market cap: $8.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.5%; www.riocan.com) is Canada’s largest real estate investment trust.


In the three months ending December 31, 2016, RioCan’s revenue rose only slightly, to $291.6 million from $291.1 million a year earlier....
Dear Inner Circle Member,


Today, many households and even some individuals have five or 10 separate investment accounts. These accounts may include RRSPs (regular and spousal), TFSAs and other registered accounts, personal and joint accounts, corporate accounts, LIRAs from past employment, children’s accounts, trust accounts and so on.


In addition, some investors have one or more of what you might call “legacy” accounts....