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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In our experience, a time-share investment rarely provides you with any real advantage.
If you visit a vacation resort this winter, you may get invited to a complimentary dinner, cocktail party or other event. In return for the free drinks, food or entertainment, all you’ll have to do is sit through a pitch for an “investment” in a time-share. It may be worthwhile to attend, depending on what else you have to do. But in my experience, a time-share investment rarely provides you with any real advantage.
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You enjoy certain advantages with Dividend Reinvestment Plans, but don’t overrate them—they shouldn’t be the sole reason you invest in a stock.
ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK, $73.32, symbol ATNI on Nasdaq, is raising its quarterly dividend by 10.3% with the October 2015 payment, to $0.32 from $0.29. This is the company’s 17th consecutive annual dividend hike. The shares now yield 1.8%. Atlantic owns wireless and wireline (traditional telephone and Internet) operations in the U.S. Southwest, New England, New York State, Guyana, Bermuda and parts of the Caribbean islands. The company continues to expand its wireless capacity and coverage. That’s paying off as customers use more mobile data for services like music downloads, mobile gaming and e-books....
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Mosaic Capital Corp., $6.99, symbol M on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 8.5 million; Market cap: $59.3 million; www.mosaicfund.com), acquires majority stakes in small industrial companies in what it sees as mature market niches. Right now, it controls 11 firms, including one commercial real estate investment company, all in Western Canada. These holdings are: Printing Unlimited (100% interest), First West Properties (100%), Remote Waste (98%), Kendall’s Supply (90%), Polar Geomatic (90%), Allied Cathodic (80%), Ambassador Mechanical (75%), Place-Crete Systems (75%), South East Construction (75%), Streamline Mechanical (70%) and Industrial Scaffold Services (67.5%). In the three months ended June 30, 2015, Mosaic’s revenue jumped 42.0%, to $50.1 million from $35.2 million a year earlier. That’s mostly due to contributions from Place-Crete (acquired in September 2014) and South East Construction (November 2014). Mosaic lost $0.32 a share, compared to a $0.14-a-share profit a year ago, but cash flow per share fell only slightly, to $0.62 from $0.63....