Saturday, July 17, 2010

Investment, Speculation & Gambling....!!!

Investment:-

The term investment has many facets and is used in many fields like management, finance, economics etc. but we will be strictly sticking ourselves to the meaning that is apt keeping in mind the financial market.

Warren Buffet one of the most respected investors all around the world and CEO & Chairman of one of the world famous Investment Company Berkshire Hathaway has opined that if a person invests money in the market with even a hint of thought of selling it once the price rises is not at all an investment. When you ask any person to define the term investment one of the most common answer would be that an investment is nothing but to put your money into something. One of the best definitions of investment is given by Frank K Reilly and Keith C Brown. According to them investment is defined as Current commitment of resources for a period of time in order to derive future payments that will compensate the investor for;
Source: http://indianmoney.com/article-display.php?cat_id=1&sub_id=12&aid=859&acat=&ahead=Investment,%20Speculation%20&%20Gambling....!!!

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