Investment (disambiguation)

Investment is time, energy, or matter spent in the hope of future benefits actualized within a specified date or time frame.

Investment may also refer to:

Economics

• Investment (macroeconomics)
• Fixed investment, investment in physical assets such as machinery, land, buildings, installations, vehicles, or technology
• Inventory investment, the accumulation of unsold goods

Other uses

• Parental investment, any parental expenditure (e.g. time, energy, resources) that benefits offspring
• Investment (military), the military tactic of surrounding an enemy fort (or town) with armed forces to prevent entry or escape
• Investment (film), a 2013 Marathi film
• Investment casting, an industrial process based on and also called lost-wax casting, one of the oldest known metal-forming techniques
• Cathexis, also known as investment, a psychoanalytic term describing an investment of libido

See also

• Invest (disambiguation)