### finance | investment:

Arbitrage
* brings prices into equality between markets for related items.
  - term meaning to
  - the use of discrepancies in currency-exchange rates to make a profit
* sophisticated manoeuvre executed by professional traders.

Capital investment
* is the sum of installed costs and a user specified allowance for contingencies.
* means jobs.

Direct investment
* can have the form of goods, immovable property and financial resources.
* is investment which includes management control of a venture.

Equity investment
* Some equity investments can generate income, as in the case of dividends from stocks.
* are securities which represent ownership in businesses
  - stocks and equity mutual funds
* involve risks, including possible loss of principal.
* involves risk of capital loss.
* is cash put into a company in return for a precentage of ownership.
* seek to provide current income, income growth, and appreciation of capital.

Financial investment
* have consequences that are both fiscal and social
  - which are both fiscal and social
* is so important to growth.

### finance | investment:

Foreign investment
* can help reduce the costs of adjustment and promote trade
  - stimulate diversity by opening up new vistas for blacks
* create jobs, spur innovation and stimulate growth.
* helps to create employment in the long term, some even in the short term.
* influences the emergence of rights-based labor relations in fundamental ways.
* is almost always risky due to the nature of political instability.
* is also an important source of technology
  - key to the laundering of drug profits
* is an engine of economic growth
  - important factor for economic development
* is an important source of capital formation in developing nations
  - management expertise
  - concentrated in industrial production, banking and consumer products
  - contributed in cash
  - essential to the continued growth of our economy
  - permitted in all sectors of the economy
* represents a significant percentage of production in many sectors.
* vote of confidence in a country's policies.

Investment risk
* is centered primarily on plan execution
  - limited because mutual funds invest in a broad range of securities
  - measured in terms of price volatility
  - the largest risk that contract hog producers face
* relates to the uncertain nature of the prices of securities.

Minimum investment
* is what it takes to open an account.
* occurs when root growth has slowed or ceased.

Net investment
* is gross investment minus depreciation.
* leads to more capital accumulation, which generates higher output and income.

Parental investment
* can occur in a variety of ways.
* refers to the time and resources expended for the raising of offspring.
* represents a cost for both mother and father.
* seems to be provided only by mothers.

Pellicle
* are membrane materials that protect the reticle or mask from defects
  - specialized and flexible membranes
* is an investment

Social investment
* comes before material investments.
* is critical for technological innovation.

Total investment
* encompass all types of investments.
* is measured by a weighted average of total costs paid by the contractor.

### financial advisors:

Financial planner
* Most financial planners advise people to plan for their retirement as soon as they can
  - begin with life insurance and health insurance plans
* are financial advisors
  - the most commonly used financial professionals, followed by stock brokers
* belong to professional organizations with codes of ethics.
* can help consumers meet life goals and achieve financial well-being.
* develop and implement plans for individuals and businesses.
* help individuals and businesses make and carry out financial plans.
* work in offices or out of their homes
  - primarily with families who have some discretionary income for investment