Investment vs. Speculation

Investmentnoun

The act of investing, or state of being invested.

Investmentnoun

(finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.

Investmentnoun

(obsolete) A vestment.

Investmentnoun

(military) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.

Investmentnoun

A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze.

Investmentnoun

The act of investing, or the state of being invested.

Investmentnoun

That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.

Investmentnoun

The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.

Investmentnoun

The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; also, the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested.

Investmentnoun

the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit

Investmentnoun

money that is invested with an expectation of profit

Investmentnoun

outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism

Investmentnoun

the act of putting on robes or vestments

Investmentnoun

the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

Investment

To invest is to allocate money with the expectation of a positive benefit/return in the future. In other words, to invest means owning an asset or an item with the goal of generating income from the investment or the appreciation of your investment which is an increase in the value of the asset over a period of time.

Speculationnoun

The process of thinking or meditating on a subject.

Speculationnoun

(philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.

Speculationnoun

A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.

Speculationnoun

An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.

Speculationnoun

The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.

Speculationnoun

Examination by the eye; view.

Speculationnoun

(obsolete) Power of sight.

Speculationnoun

A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.

Speculationnoun

(programming) The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.

Speculationnoun

The act of speculating.

Speculationnoun

Examination by the eye; view.

Speculationnoun

A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture.

Speculationnoun

Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.

Speculationnoun

Power of sight.

Speculationnoun

The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.

Speculationnoun

A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.

Speculationnoun

The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.

Speculationnoun

Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits.

Speculationnoun

a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

Speculationnoun

a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence);

Speculationnoun

an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits;

Speculationnoun

continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature;

Speculation

Speculation is the purchase of an asset (a commodity, goods, or real estate) with the hope that it will become more valuable in the near future. In finance, speculation is also the practice of engaging in risky financial transactions in an attempt to profit from short term fluctuations in the market value of a tradable financial instrument—rather than attempting to profit from the underlying financial attributes embodied in the instrument such as value addition, return on investment, or dividends.