Investments are investments to generate additional income. You can do this in various ways, it all depends on the type of investment. In the form of investments, money, securities, property, including intellectual property, can be offered. But, before investing funds or property, it is necessary to consider the types of investments.
Types of investments:
1. investments related to a specific object:
- material (real) - investments in property - buildings, equipment, production, land;
- financial investments - investments in other companies when shares and securities of specific firms are acquired;
- non-financial investments - aimed at the purchase of developments, inventions, advertising investments;
- speculative - short-term investments in order to make big profits - securities, currency.
2. for the purpose of investment: f
- direct - investments in business, in production for the continuation of entrepreneurial activity;
- portfolio - purchase of a portfolio of securities of the enterprise;
- non-financial - investments in patents, trademarks that help to increase the activity itself;
- intellectual - contributions to products of intellectual activity.
3. by time factor:
- short-term (up to 1 year);
- medium-term (1-3 g);
- long-term (from 3 g.).
4. in the form of ownership of capital:
- private capital;
- state property;
- foreign capital;
- mixed ownership.
5. accounting:
- gross - all investments for a specific period are calculated;
- net - investments are recorded net of depreciation;
6. by origin of capital:
- primary investment;
- reinvestment - investments formed from primary investments;
- disinvestment - the irrevocable receipt of capital.
Annuity investments.
Separately, it is necessary to consider annuity investments, which can be called a separate type of investment. They consist in the fact that funds are invested now, and income can be obtained only upon the occurrence of specific conditions - age, status, or after some time.
A bit about the risks.
Each project is different from each other, therefore its riskiness needs to be considered separately, but there are several factors that will tell how risky the project is:
- the situation in the country in the economy and on the political front;
- tax policy of the country;
- system of distribution of investments within the enterprise;
- scale of production, worker satisfaction;
- return on investment in accordance with the interest rate.