capital investment
Money into assets
Capital investment is money spent to acquire or improve long-term assets—buildings, equipment, machinery, or infrastructure.
Companies make capital investments expecting returns over years rather than months: The factory required a significant capital investment.
The term also covers funds used to start or expand a business.
Distinguished from operating expenses, which cover day-to-day costs.
Capital for unlisted companies
- crowdfundingRaising capital from masses
- IPOFirst public stock offering
- financingProviding capital for purchases
- underwritingRisk evaluation and acceptance
capitalization · endowment · backing · shareholder · syndicate · series B · mezzanine · bridge financing
Corporate profit share
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- ROIProfit-to-cost ratio
- profitGain exceeding expenditure
gain · income · interest · cash flow · payback period · hurdle rate · net present value · reinvestment
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- real estateLand and its structures
- plantBotanical organism
- equipmentTools for a task
machinery · infrastructure · portfolio · stake · holdings · fixed assets · tangible assets · intangible assets
Rapid, unpredictable changeability
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- lossBeing without something
- defaultPreset standard option
- exposureState of being unprotected
liability · downside · leverage · speculation · diversification · hedging · due diligence · credit risk
Distribution of shares
- planningArranging for future events
- portfolio managementOverseeing investment holdings strategically
- long-termLasting extended period
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
analysis · valuation · forecasting · rebalancing · exit strategy · divestiture · optimization
private equity
Capital for unlisted companies
- crowdfundingRaising capital from masses
- IPOFirst public stock offering
- financingProviding capital for purchases
underwriting · capitalization · endowment · backing · shareholder · syndicate · series B · mezzanine · bridge financing · buyout
dividend
Corporate profit share
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- ROIProfit-to-cost ratio
profit · gain · income · interest · cash flow · payback period · hurdle rate · net present value · reinvestment · compounding
equity
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- real estateLand and its structures
- plantBotanical organism
equipment · machinery · infrastructure · portfolio · stake · holdings · fixed assets · tangible assets · intangible assets · depreciation
volatility
Rapid, unpredictable changeability
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- lossBeing without something
- defaultPreset standard option
exposure · liability · downside · leverage · speculation · diversification · hedging · due diligence · credit risk · market risk
allocation
Distribution of shares
- planningArranging for future events
- portfolio managementOverseeing investment holdings strategically
- long-termLasting extended period
horizon · analysis · valuation · forecasting · rebalancing · exit strategy · divestiture · optimization
- business financeaccounting, balance sheet, revenue stream, profit margin, budget
- industrializationfactory, industrial revolution, Industrial Revolution, factories, manufacturing
- business activitiesmeetings, meeting, hiring, firing, training
- economic developmenteconomic development, jobs, rural development, urbanization, job creation
- public financepublic debt, budget deficit, tax revenue, budgets, expenditure
- farm accountingfarm income, expense tracking, cash flow, balance sheets, income statements
capital investmentdivestment
Disposal of assets
disinvestment · capital flight · sell-off · downsizing · retrenchment
capital investmentconsumption
Using up of resources
consumer spending · spending down · resource depletion · discretionary spending · economic contraction
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