Investment Fundamentals

Investor

Definition

What is Investor?

A person or organisation that commits capital with the expectation of a financial return.

Example in practice

A pension fund acts as an institutional investor when it buys government bonds.

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The original amount of money invested or lent, excluding later returns.

Money or other resources committed to produce income, growth, or another economic benefit.

An asset or commitment of money made with the expectation of future income, growth, or both.

Anything with economic value that can be owned or controlled.

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