Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who invests or makes an investment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who invests.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
invests money in order to make aprofit .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns
Etymologies
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Examples
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While these stress tests restored short term investor confidence, their long term impact has been uneven, especially in Europe, in part due to different financial market perceptions about the credibility of assumptions used and remedial actions announced in conjunction, and subsequent events.
Stijn Claessens: Root Causes of Financial Crisis Remain Unaddressed Stijn Claessens 2011
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While these stress tests restored short term investor confidence, their long term impact has been uneven, especially in Europe, in part due to different financial market perceptions about the credibility of assumptions used and remedial actions announced in conjunction, and subsequent events.
Stijn Claessens: Root Causes of Financial Crisis Remain Unaddressed Stijn Claessens 2011
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While these stress tests restored short term investor confidence, their long term impact has been uneven, especially in Europe, in part due to different financial market perceptions about the credibility of assumptions used and remedial actions announced in conjunction, and subsequent events.
Stijn Claessens: Root Causes of Financial Crisis Remain Unaddressed Stijn Claessens 2011
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Now on the earning side of the trade, the investor is also hoping that the price will appreciate in order to make further gains on the transaction.
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There are about 100 million Americans today who are members of what I call investor class.
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"For a long-term investor, that is a concern, as Google gets stronger and stronger and puts more resources into this market."
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The parties found that Jensen had posted about 450 comments on the Yahoo! message board primarily under the alias 'investor.texas' over a period of about two months.
unknown title 2011
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Any diversified manager that is unable to adapt his / her strategy beyond a sector is not a good manager for the long-term investor, which is why their funds live or die by "fast money" money flows.
GuruFocus Updates 2009
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In this article, he outlines what he calls his investor's manifesto or rules he lives by in his investment life.
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Invest in cash, and, with a historic yield of 5% and historic inflation of 3%, an investor is guaranteed to fail, unless he or she considers 2% a good real return -- Generating $20,000 from a $1mm portfolio.
Safe Investing, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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