Investor 332730 223584698 2008-07-04T19:07:18Z Zorrobot 7218328 robot Adding: [[no:Investor]] : ''See [[Investor AB]] for the Swedish investment company.'' {{Financial market participants}} An '''investor''' is any party that makes an [[investment]]. The term has taken on a specific meaning in [[finance]] to describe the particular types of people and companies that regularly purchase [[stock | equity]] or [[Bond (finance)| debt]] [[Security (finance) | securities ]] for financial gain in exchange for [[funding]] an expanding company. Less frequently, the term is applied to parties who purchase [[real estate]], [[currency]], [[commodity]] [[Derivative (finance) | derivatives]], [[personal property]], or other [[assets]]. The term implies that a party purchases and holds assets in hopes of achieving [[capital gain]], not as a [[profession ]] or for short-term [[income]]. ==Types of investors== Here is an overlapping, non-exclusive list of investor types * [[natural person | Individual investors]] (including [[Trust (property) | trusts]] on behalf of individuals, and umbrella companies formed for two or more to pool investment funds) * [[Collecting|Collectors]] of [[art]], [[antiques]], and other things of value * [[Angel investors]], either individually or in groups * [[Venture capital]] funds, which serve as investment collectives on behalf of individuals, companies, pension plans, insurance reserves, or other funds. * [[Investment banks]] * [[Businesses]] that make investments, either directly or via a captive fund * [[Investment trusts]], including [[real estate investment trust]]s * [[Mutual funds]], [[hedge funds]], and other funds, ownership of which may or may not be [[publicly traded]] (these funds typically pool money raised from their owner-subscribers to invest in securities) * [[Sovereign wealth funds]] Also, investors might be classified according to their [[investor style|styles]]. In this respect, an important distinctive [[investor psychology]] trait is [[risk aversion|risk attitude]]. ==See also== *[[Investment]] *[[Securities offering]] *[[Private equity]] *[[Corporate finance]] *[[Stock investor]] *[[Growth capital]] *[[Sweep_account]] [[Category:Funds]] {{econ-stub}} [[de:Anleger]] [[lt:Investuotojas]] [[ja:投資家]] [[no:Investor]] [[vi:Nhà đầu tư]] [[zh:投資者]]