Investing

Investing can deal with many diverse concepts, applied in personal as well as business and government finance. In general investment deals with deferring the use of money for application at a future time. Moreover it typically concerns how to maximize the returns from that deferment.

Investmetn as a term is typically approached differently in economics versus finance. Economists typically refer to an investment as a physical asset, such as a road or a factory. Financial planners tend to think of investments as financial assets, such as money or stocks that may only be representative of a real asset.