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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J.C. PENNEY CO. INC., $13.50, New York symbol JCP, operates more than 1,100 department stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Over a year ago, the company switched to an everyday low prices strategy. It felt the move would entice shoppers to come into its stores more often and not wait for clearance sales. However, the plan alienated Penney’s regular customers. In response to a sharp drop in its sales, the company switched back to its original marketing strategy....
DOREL INDUSTRIES, $35.45, symbol DII.B on Toronto, has agreed to buy 70% of Caloi, Brazil’s largest bicycle company, for an undisclosed sum. Established in 1898, Caloi is one of the world’s oldest bicycle makers. It is also Latin America’s top-selling bicycle brand and the leader in the Brazilian market. Caloi has a plant in Brazilian city of Manaus that is the largest bicycle manufacturing facility outside Southeast Asia, producing more than 700,000 units a year....
MAPLE LEAF FOODS INC., $14.44, Toronto symbol MFI, rose 8% on Friday after it agreed to sell its Rothsay rendering operations to Texas-based Darling International Inc. (New York symbol DAR). Rothsay recycles by-products from Maple Leaf’s main meat-processing operations into a variety of ingredients for other products, including animal feed, soaps, lotions, cosmetics, fertilizers and plastics. Rothsay also makes biodiesel fuels. Maple Leaf will receive $645 million when the deal closes, probably by the end of 2013. That’s equal to 32% of its $2.0-billion market cap (or the value of all of its outstanding shares)....
Pat McKeough responds to many requests from members of his Inner Circle for specific advice on buying stocks 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....
TIM HORTONS $58.56 (Toronto symbol THI; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (905-845-6511; www.timhortons.com; Shares outstanding: 153.1 million; Market cap: $8.8 billion; Dividend yield: 1.8%) operates 3,468 coffee-anddonut shops in Canada, 807 in the U.S. and 29 in the Persian Gulf.
In the three months ended June 30, 2013, Tim Hortons’ sales rose 1.9%, to $800.1 million from $785.6 million a year earlier....
In the three months ended June 30, 2013, Tim Hortons’ sales rose 1.9%, to $800.1 million from $785.6 million a year earlier....
BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS $30.69 (New York symbol BR; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (201-714-3000; www.broadridge.com; Shares outstanding: 121.2 million; Market cap: $3.7 billion; Dividend yield: 2.7%) serves the investment industry in three main areas: investor communications, securities processing and transaction clearing....
BlackRock Inc., $267.44, symbol BLK on New York (Shares outstanding: 170.3 million; Market cap: $44.8 billion; www.blackrock.com), is one of the world’s largest publicly traded investment management firms. The company manages assets on behalf of institutions and individuals worldwide through a variety of equity, fixed-income, cash-management, alternative-investment and advisory products. In the three months ended June 30, 2013, BlackRock’s earnings rose 31.6%, to $729 million, or $4.19 a share, from $554 million, or $3.08 a share, a year earlier. Rising stock markets and strong demand from its individual and institutional clients were the main reasons for the gain. Excluding a one-time tax benefit from a charitable contribution, BlackRock earned $4.15 a share. That beat the consensus estimate of $3.82. Revenue rose 11.0% to $2.48 billion....
SAPUTO INC. (Toronto symbol SAP; www.saputo.com) is Canada’s largest producer of dairy products, including milk, butter and cheese. It also makes snack cakes and tarts. In addition to Canada, Saputo operates in the U.S. and Argentina....
CRESCENT POINT ENERGY CORP. (Toronto symbol CPG; www.crescentpointenergy.com) produces oil and natural gas in western Canada. Its output is weighted 90% toward oil and 10% to gas....
