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Financial investments.

0x5c89070acec47ca2ea5a46de6b07bcd3c1c844be@newsletter.paragraph.com (Untitled) — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:42:33 GMT

These include the purchase of securities or derivative financial instruments. Speculative investments. In this case, the main feature of the investment is the rate of return due to changes in the asset price. The principle of "buy cheaper, sell more expensive" applies. The subject of speculative investments can be stocks, and besides them — currency, precious metals, bonds.

Intellectual investments.

0x5c89070acec47ca2ea5a46de6b07bcd3c1c844be@newsletter.paragraph.com (Untitled) — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:41:17 GMT

This is what investments in an intellectual product are called. These may include specialist training, scientific developments, intellectual property, and the creative potential of a group of people. Portfolio investments. These are investments not in one type of asset (for example, a share of a particular company), but in several at once, which are formed in the form of a portfolio of several securities.

Venture capital investments.

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This is what investments in young companies for a long time are called. Venture capital investments are associated with a high risk of completely losing investments, but they can also bring investors super profits. An example of a successful venture capital investment is the SoftBank fund's investment in a young Alibaba company in 2000. After Alibaba's IPO in 2014, SoftBank's share increased from $20 million to $74 billion. An example of a failed venture investment is the bankruptcy of the Theranos medical project, which attracted at least $500 million from venture investors before its collapse.

Types of investments

0x5c89070acec47ca2ea5a46de6b07bcd3c1c844be@newsletter.paragraph.com (Untitled) — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:38:22 GMT

The concept of investment is not limited to private investments in securities or derivative financial instruments. In a broad sense, the term "investment" can be extended to any investment by an individual or a company, whether it is money, tangible assets or intangible assets. For example, the purchase of a ready-made business; the acquisition of intangible assets such as patents, copyrights, trademarks, etc.; construction, reconstruction, major repairs

What is an investment

0x5c89070acec47ca2ea5a46de6b07bcd3c1c844be@newsletter.paragraph.com (Untitled) — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:37:03 GMT

Investments can be different — in securities of public companies, young startups, in several types of assets, and more. We figure out what it is, how to start and which well-known investors can serve as inspiration. An investment is an investment of money to generate income or preserve capital. The Large Encyclopedic Dictionary, as revised in 2000, defines the word "investments" as long-term investments in economic sectors within the country and abroad. People who invest are called investors. Anyone can become a private investor — a middle-level manager, a financier, a doctor, a teacher, a student or a pensioner, this does not require special education.