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'''Investment''', in a financial sense, is something that one puts money into in hopes of receiving a gain. In an economic sense, an investment is something purchased that is not a consumer [[good]], but is used for production of other goods and [[service]]s. A type of financial investment is the purchase of a security, such as a [[stock]] or bond. Economic investments can be physical, such as [[machine]]ry for a factory, or intangible, such as investing in job training to create [[human capital]].
'''Investment''', in a financial sense, is something that one puts [[money]] into in hopes of receiving a [[profit]] or gain. In an [[economic]] sense, an investment is something purchased that is not a consumer [[good]], but is used for production of other goods and [[service]]s. A type of [[financial]] investment is the purchase of a [[securities|security]], such as a [[stock]] or [[bond]]. Economic investments can be physical, such as [[machine]]ry for a factory, or intangible, such as investing in job training to create [[human capital]].
An investment is an object, mechanism, or system which is purchased with money or into which money is placed with the goal or receiving something greater in return.
==Common Financial Investments==
* [[Bonds]]
* [[Certificate of Deposit]] or [[Money market]]
* [[Commodities]]
* [[Individual Retirement Account]] or [[IRA]], [[401K]], [[403B]]
* [[Stock Market]] [[securities]] and [[mutual fund]]s
==Quotes==
* "The one aim of these [[financiers]] is [[New World Order|world control]] by the creation of inextinguishable [[debt]]." - [[Henry Ford]]
==See Also==
* [[American economic history]]
* [[Finance]]
* [[Economic collapse]]: [[Inflation]], [[Agflation]], [[Deflation]], [[Stagflation]], [[Hyperinflation]], [[Panic of 1907]], [[Panic of 1893]], [[Panic of 1837]], [[Eurozone Crisis]]
* [[Stock market crash]] ([[Stock market crash of 1929]]) leading to [[Bank run]]s and [[Great Depression]] ([[Economic depression]])
* [[Economic bubble]]s: The Coming [[Derivatives bubble]], [[Real estate bubble]] ([[Subprime loans]], [[Bailout]], [[Obama administration corporate bailouts]]), [[Dot com bubble]] ([[Tulip mania]])
* [[Financial Crisis of 2008]] leading to [[Recession of 2008]] ([[Recession]]), [[Economic stimulus]], [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]], [[Recovery Summer 2010]]
* [[Obamanomics]]: [[Obamunism]] [[Economic planning]] of the [[Obama administration fiscal policy]], [[Obama administration monetary policy]], [[Obamacare]], [[Federal funding]] via [[Crony capitalism]] ([[Obama donor list]]), [[Deficit spending]], [[Similarities between Communism, Nazism and liberalism]], [[Obamageddon]]
* [[National debt]]: [[Federal Reserve System]]'s [[Ponzi scheme]] of [[Quantitative easing]]-[[Debt monetization]] [[devaluation]] of [[Fiat currency]] through [[Money supply]]-[[Treasury bill]]s bought mostly by [[China]] and [[Japan]]
* [[John Maynard Keynes]]' [[liberal]] [[Keynesian economics]] of [[Barack Obama]]
versus:
* [[Ludwig von Mises]]' [[conservative]] [[libertarian]] [[Austrian economics]] and [[Fiscal conservatism]] -[[Capitalist]] [[Conservative economic policies]] of [[Ron Paul]]
==References==
==References==
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http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oecon/chap12.htm
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oecon/chap12.htm
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