An asset is usually purchased, or equivalently a deposit is made in a bank, in hopes of getting a future return or interest from it. The [[word]] [[origin]]ates in the [[Latin]] "vestis", [[meaning]] garment, and refers to the [[act]] of putting [[things]] ([[money]] or other claims to [[resources]]) into others' pockets. The basic [[meaning]] of the term being an asset held to have some recurring or capital gains. It is an asset that is expected to give returns without any [[work]] on the asset per se. The term "investment" is used differently in [[economics]] and in [[finance]]. Economists refer to a real investment (such as a [[machine]] or a house), while financial economists refer to a financial asset, such as [[money]] that is put into a bank or the market, which may then be used to buy a real asset. | An asset is usually purchased, or equivalently a deposit is made in a bank, in hopes of getting a future return or interest from it. The [[word]] [[origin]]ates in the [[Latin]] "vestis", [[meaning]] garment, and refers to the [[act]] of putting [[things]] ([[money]] or other claims to [[resources]]) into others' pockets. The basic [[meaning]] of the term being an asset held to have some recurring or capital gains. It is an asset that is expected to give returns without any [[work]] on the asset per se. The term "investment" is used differently in [[economics]] and in [[finance]]. Economists refer to a real investment (such as a [[machine]] or a house), while financial economists refer to a financial asset, such as [[money]] that is put into a bank or the market, which may then be used to buy a real asset. |