Make more money
by investing
Investing your money is a way of earning profit by making
direct use of the funds you already have on hand, compared
to more traditional ways of making money that involve the sale
of goods and services. In other words, by making an investment,
you may be able to make a profit solely from contributing capital
to some form of trade or enterprise; your skills, or any further
effort on your part, are not necessarily essential to rest
of the process. Allowing your money to be used entitles you
already to a share of the earnings, if any, as a form of payment
for the use of your money.
Investment trusts
An investment trust is a company that profits
by investing in the shares of other companies. By purchasing
shares in an investment trust, you lower the level of risk
inherently involved in investing since your money is divided
into different investments, looked after by a professional
fund manager. This also allows you to gain exposure to a
wide range of investments with a minimal amount of money.
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more about preparing your investment... Investing in the stock market
Publicly traded companies offer unit stakes
in their business that consumers can purchase through the
stock market. By purchasing a share, you essentially own
a percentage of the company issuing the share. The size of
your percentage for every unit bought depends on how many
shares were made available. There is also a limit to how
much of the company can be bought by investors since companies
usually offer only a percentage of the company in shares.
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