CHAPTER 10 Investing in Real Estat eal Estate, Stocks, 401k, Bonds, Roth IRA, Mort oth IRA, Mortgages, ages, ETF's Annuities, CD's, REITS, T 's, REITS, Tax Liens Investing Explained: Types of Investments and How To Get Started By ELVIS PICARDO Elvis Picardo is a regular contributor to Investopedia and has 25+ years of experience as a portfolio manager with diverse capital markets experience. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/investing.asp What Is Investing? Investing, broadly, is putting money to work for a period of time in some sort of project or undertaking in order to generate positive returns (i.e., profits that exceed the amount of the initial investment). It is the act of allocating resources, usually capital (i.e., money), with the expectation of generating an income, profit, or gains. One can invest in many types of endeavors (either directly or indirectly) such as using money to start a business, or in assets such as purchasing real estate in hopes of generating rental income and/or reselling it later at a higher price.
Investing differs from saving in that the money used is put to
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