INVESTMENTS
Investment
or investing is a term with several closely-related meanings in business management,
finance and economics, related to saving or deferring consumption. An asset
is usually purchased, or equivalently a deposit is made in a bank, in hopes
of getting a future return or interest from it. The word originates in the Latin
"vestis", meaning garment, and refers to the act of putting things
(money or other claims to resources) into others' pockets.The term "investment"
is used differently in economics and in finance. Economists refer to a real
investment (such as a machine or a house), while financial economists refer
to a financial asset, such as money that is put into a bank or the market, which
may then be used to buy a real asset.
Growth investing is a style of investment strategy. Those who follow this style,
known as growth investors, invest in companies that exhibit signs of above-average
growth, even if the share price appears expensive in terms of metrics such as
price-to-earning or price-to-book ratios. In typical usage, the term "growth
investing" contrasts with the strategy known as value investing.However,
some notable investors such as Warren Buffett have stated that there is no theoretical
difference between the concepts of value and growth ("Growth and Value
Investing are joined at the hip"), in consideration of the concept of an
asset's intrinsic value. In addition, when just investing in one style of stocks,
diversification could be negatively impacted. source : wikipedia