Investment Dictionaryinvestment Securities Investment securities may have different understandings as a term, but most commonly investment securities are securities held on investment purpose to get a return from invested capital over mid-long term. http://www.investingforbeginners.eu/investment_securities investment Guidelines Investment guidelines – is an investment practice that is recommended to achieve set goals. Investment goals may be very various for different investors, but still there are some common guidelines like buy http://www.investingforbeginners.eu/investment_guidelines investment Definition Investment definition may have two meanings: 1) An investment as a process (investing) when tangible or financial assets are acquired on purpose to earn more money (or other material benefits) than was s http://www.investingforbeginners.eu/investment_definition investing Definition Investing definition is similar to investment definition. 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Most of the investment and financial terms you can find on investment dictionary. http://www.investingforbeginners.eu/investment_terms investor An investor is an individual or corporate unit that invests in any class of investments on purpose to earn some return from invested capital. There may be more criteria to distinguish very small investments http://www.investingforbeginners.eu/investor Share investor A share investor is an investor who invests in shares (stocks) but not the other investments. If investor invests in different asset classes he is a regular investor. If investor is specializing in shares he must http://www.investingforbeginners.eu/share_investor investment Tactics Investment tactics are the rules for investment actions that help to react on market conditions and achieve more efficient results. 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Main functions of investment consultant: Help private investors to make a proper investment strategy according to investors risk tolerance. A http://www.investingforbeginners.eu/investment_consultant investment Market An investment market is a part of a financial market and represents all investments that were issued by corporations, governments or other entities. All the trades made by retail and institutional investors can b http://www.investingforbeginners.eu/investment_market investment Growth An investment growth may have two different meanings: Most probable it refers to growth investing. It is an investment strategy or part of it, which concentrates on investments in stocks that grow faster than http://www.investingforbeginners.eu/investment_growth Direct investments in Stocks Direct investments in stocks are investments made without financial intermediaries (only theoretically). 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Real estate investments are different from standard investments (securities) and management of real estate investments differs from inve http://www.investingforbeginners.eu/real_estate_investment_management investors ABC Investor’s ABC includes all the main topics that are necessary for every investor to avoid the most popular failures in investing and to achieve good investment results. If you want to be rea http://www.investingforbeginners.eu/investors_abc investment Management Solutions Investment management solutions are not much different from investment management system and most of the times are applied as portfolio management software that helps in administration of investment management pr http://www.investingforbeginners.eu/investment_management_solutions investment Management Consultations Investment management consulting is part of investment management business that helps for investors to manage their investments more effectively. 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