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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ISHARES CDN REIT SECTOR INDEX FUND $16.33 (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.

Expenses for iShares CDN REIT are 0.61% of its assets. The fund yields 4.9%....
RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $27.54 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 324.7 million; Market cap: $9.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.1%; www.riocan.com) is Canada’s largest real estate investment trust.

For the three months ended June 30, 2016, cash flow per share was $118.0 million, or $0.37 a share....
TRANSCANADA CORP. $59.47 (Toronto symbol TRP; Shares outstanding: 799.4 million; Market cap: $47.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.8%; www.transcanada.com) has formed a joint venture to build facilities in Mexico to store and distribute gasoline, diesel and jet fuels....
PENGROWTH ENERGY $1.89 (Toronto symbol PGF; Shares outstanding: 547.4 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; No dividends paid; www.pengrowth.com) produces oil and natural gas, mostly in Western Canada. This includes its Lindbergh oil sands project in Alberta....
ENBRIDGE INC. $51.72 (Toronto symbol ENB; Shares outstanding: 929.2 million; Market cap: $48.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above A v e r a g e ; D i v i d e n d y i e l d : 4 . 1 % ; www.enbridge.com) plans to buy 27.6% of the Bakken Pipeline System for $1.5 billion U.S....
BONAVISTA ENERGY $3.47 (Toronto symbol BNP; Shares outstanding: 248.5 million; Market cap: $884.9 million; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 1.2%; www.bonavistaenergy.com) explores for oil and gas in Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C. Its output is 69% gas and 31% oil.

In the quarter ended June 30, 2016, Bonavista’s cash flow per share fell 38.6%, to $0.27 from $0.44 a year earlier....
ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $36.83 (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Units outstanding: 78.6 million; Market cap: $3.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 4.1%; www.alliedreit.com) owns 150 office buildings, mostly in major Canadian cities....
RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $27.54 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 324.7 million; Market cap: $9.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.1%; www.riocan.com) is Canada’s largest real estate investment trust.

For the three months ended June 30, 2016, cash flow per share was $118.0 million, or $0.37 a share....