Investment or investing's a term with several closely-related meanings in business management, finance and economics, related to saving or deferring consumption. Investing's the active redirection of resources: from being consumed today, to creating benefits in the future; the use of assets to earn income or profit. An investment's the choice by the individual, after thorough analysis, to place or lend money in a vehicle (for example property, stock securities, bonds) that's sufficiently low ri… (More on Investment)