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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SHERRITT INTERNATIONAL $3.71 (Toronto symbol S; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (1-800-704-6698; www.sherritt.com; Shares outstanding: 297.3 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; Dividend yield: 4.6%) has announced that it plans to sell all of its coal interests....
TRANSCANADA CORP. $47.76 (Toronto symbol TRP; Shares outstanding: 707.0 million; Market cap: $33.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.9%; www.transcanada.com) recently completed the purchase of another Ontario solar power facility from Canadian Solar (Nasdaq symbol CSIQ).
TransCanada now owns four of the nine solar farms it agreed to buy from Canadian Solar in 2011. It expects to take possession of the remaining five by the end of 2014. In all, it will pay about $500 million.
The company has 20-year deals to sell the power from these nine solar farms, which cuts the risk of this investment.
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TransCanada now owns four of the nine solar farms it agreed to buy from Canadian Solar in 2011. It expects to take possession of the remaining five by the end of 2014. In all, it will pay about $500 million.
The company has 20-year deals to sell the power from these nine solar farms, which cuts the risk of this investment.
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ISHARES MSCI CHILE INVESTABLE MARKET INDEX FUND $45.70 (New York Exchange symbol ECH; buy or sell through brokers) is an ETF that aims to track the MSCI Chile Investable Market Index, which consists of stocks that are mainly traded on the Santiago Stock Exchange.
The fund’s top holdings are S.A.C.I. Falabella (retail), 9.2%; Empresas Copec SA (conglomerate), 8.6%; Enersis AS (electricity), 8.4%; Empresa Nacional de Electricidad (electricity), 6.7%; Cencosud SA (retailer), 5.7%; LATAM Airlines, 5.6%; Banco Santander Chile (banking), 4.7%; Banco de Chile, 4.3%; Empresas CMPC (pulp and paper), 4.2%; and Quimica y Minera de Chile (mining), 3.5%.
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ISHARES MSCI GERMANY FUND $30.82 (New York Exchange symbol EWG; buy or sell through brokers) tracks the stocks in the MSCI Germany Index.
This index aims to replicate 85% of the total market capitalization of the German stock market. The remaining 15% is unavailable for investment, partly due to limitations on foreign ownership.
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Pat McKeough responds to many requests from members of his Inner Circle for specific advice on the top stocks to buy as well as questions on investment strategy and the economy. Every week, his comments and recommendations on the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And each week, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. While we reserve our buy-hold-sell advice for Inner Circle members, these excerpts provide a great deal of information and analysis on stocks we’ve covered for members of Pat’s Inner Circle....
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