investment management

Handling financial assets

Investment management is the professional handling of financial assets—stocks, bonds, real estate, and other securities—on behalf of clients.

The goal is typically to grow wealth while managing risk according to the client's objectives and tolerance.

Investment managers analyze markets, construct portfolios, and make buy-and-sell decisions: She moved from trading into investment management.

The field encompasses everything from managing retirement funds to overseeing the portfolios of wealthy individuals.

Opposites
time horizon

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Same-session securities speculation

high-frequency trading · scalping · swing trading · speculative trading

professional structure

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Cash stored domestically

cash hoarding

capital activity

investment managementdisinvestment

Withdrawing capital from assets

consumption · spending · divestment · cashing out · asset stripping

Family

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Top 200,000
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