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What Is Investment ? Meaning and Types of Investment

This document defines and describes different types of investment. It states that investment refers to the purchase of financial assets or goods used for further production. There are two main types of investment: autonomous investment, which remains constant regardless of income level like government infrastructure projects, and induced investment, which changes with income level as consumers spend more on goods. The document also outlines several other types of investment including financial, real, planned, unplanned, gross, and net investment.

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What Is Investment ? Meaning and Types of Investment

This document defines and describes different types of investment. It states that investment refers to the purchase of financial assets or goods used for further production. There are two main types of investment: autonomous investment, which remains constant regardless of income level like government infrastructure projects, and induced investment, which changes with income level as consumers spend more on goods. The document also outlines several other types of investment including financial, real, planned, unplanned, gross, and net investment.

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What is Investment ?

Meaning and Types of


Investment
Post: Gaurav Akrani. Date: 6/16/2011. Comment (1). Label: Economics.

Meaning of Investment
In simple terms, Investment refers to purchase of financial assets. While Investment Goods
are those goods, which are used for further production.

Investment implies the production of new capital goods, plants and equipments. John
Keynes refers investment as real investment and not financial investment.

Investment is a conscious act of an individual or any entity that involves deployment of


money (cash) in securities or assets issued by any financial institution with a view to obtain
the target returns over a specified period of time.

Target returns on an investment include:

1. Increase in the value of the securities or asset, and/or


2. Regular income must be available from the securities or asset.

Types of Investment
Different types or kinds of investment are discussed in the following points.
1. Autonomous Investment
Investment which does not change with the changes in income level, is called as Autonomous
or Government Investment.

Autonomous Investment remains constant irrespective of income level. Which means even if
the income is low, the autonomous, Investment remains the same. It refers to the investment
made on houses, roads, public buildings and other parts of Infrastructure. The Government
normally makes such a type of investment.

2. Induced Investment
Investment which changes with the changes in the income level, is called as Induced
Investment.

Induced Investment is positively related to the income level. That is, at high levels of income
entrepreneurs are induced to invest more and vice-versa. At a high level of income,
Consumption expenditure increases this leads to an increase in investment of capital goods, in
order to produce more consumer goods.

3. Financial Investment
Investment made in buying financial instruments such as new shares, bonds, securities, etc. is
considered as a Financial Investment.
However, the money used for purchasing existing financial instruments such as old bonds,
old shares, etc., cannot be considered as financial investment. It is a mere transfer of a
financial asset from one individual to another. In financial investment, money invested for
buying of new shares and bonds as well as debentures have a positive impact on employment
level, production and economic growth.

4. Real Investment
Investment made in new plant and equipment, construction of public utilities like schools,
roads and railways, etc., is considered as Real Investment.

Real investment in new machine tools, plant and equipments purchased, factory buildings,
etc. increases employment, production and economic growth of the nation. Thus real
investment has a direct impact on employment generation, economic growth, etc.

5. Planned Investment
Investment made with a plan in several sectors of the economy with specific objectives is
called as Planned or Intended Investment.

Planned Investment can also be called as Intended Investment because an investor while
making investment make a concrete plan of his investment.

6. Unplanned Investment
Investment done without any planning is called as an Unplanned or Unintended Investment.

In unplanned type of investment, investors make investment randomly without making any
concrete plans. Hence it can also be called as Unintended Investment. Under this type of
investment, the investor may not consider the specific objectives while making an investment
decision.

7. Gross Investment
Gross Investment means the total amount of money spent for creation of new capital assets
like Plant and Machinery, Factory Building, etc.

It is the total expenditure made on new capital assets in a period.

8. Net Investment
Net Investment is Gross Investment less (minus) Capital Consumption (Depreciation) during
a period of time, usually a year.

It must be noted that a part of the investment is meant for depreciation of the capital asset or
for replacing a worn-out capital asset. Hence it must be deducted to arrive at net investment.

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