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Investor AB

Investor Aktiebolag is a Sweden investment company, founded in 1916 and still controlled by the Wallenberg family. The company owns a controlling stake in several large Swedish corporation with smaller positions in a number of other firms....
 for the Swedish investment company.


An investor is any party that makes an investment
Investment

Investment or investing is a term with several closely-related meanings in business management, finance and economics, related to Saving or deferring Consumption ....
.

The term has taken on a specific meaning in finance
Finance

The field of finance refers to the concepts of time, money and risk and how they are interrelated. Banks are the main facilitators of funding through the provision of credit, although private equity, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other organizations have become important....
 to describe the particular types of people and companies that regularly purchase equity
STOCK

Software for fixed assets management and stock control developed in 2004. Stocktaking process is carried using a hand-held mobile terminal equipped with barcode reader or RFID technology....
 or debt
Bond (finance)

In finance, a bond is a debt security , in which the authorized issuer owes the holders a debt and, depending on the terms of the bond, is obliged to pay interest and/or to repay the principal at a later date, termed Maturity ....
  securities
Security (finance)

A security is a fungible, negotiable instrument representing financial value. Securities are broadly categorized into debt securities , and stock securities; e.g., common stocks....
 for financial gain in exchange for funding
Funding

Funding or finance is to provide Capital , which means money for a project, a person, a business or any other private or public institutions....
 an expanding company. Less frequently, the term is applied to parties who purchase real estate
Real estate

Real estate is a law term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings, specifically property that is fixed in location., currency
Currency

A currency is a Medium of exchange, facilitating the trade of goods and/or Service s. It is coins and paper bills used as money. It is one form of money, where money is anything that serves as a medium of exchange, a store of value, and a standard of value....
, commodity
Commodity

A commodity is anything for which there is demand, but which is supplied without qualitative product differentiation across a market. It is a product that is the same no matter who produces it, such as petroleum, notebook paper, or milk....
  derivatives
Derivative (finance)

Derivatives are financial contracts, or financial instruments, whose values are derived from the value of something else . The underlying on which a derivative is based can be an asset , an index , or other items ....
, personal property
Personal property

Personal property is a type of property. In the common law systems personal property may also be called chattels or personalty. It is distinguished from real property, or real estate....
, or other assets.

The term implies that a party purchases and holds assets in hopes of achieving capital gain
Capital gain

A capital gain is a profit that results from investments into a capital asset, such as stocks, bonds or real estate, which exceeds the purchase price....
 or cash flow
Cash flow

Cash flow is the balance of the amounts of cash being received and paid by a business during a defined period of time, sometimes tied to a specific project....
, not as a profession
Profession

"A profession is a vocation founded upon specialised educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain"....
 or for short-term income
Income

Income, refers to consumption opportunity gained by an entity within a specified time frame, which is generally expressed in monetary terms. However, for households and individuals, "income is the sum of all the wages, salaries, profits, interests payments, rents and other forms of earnings received......
.

is an overlapping, non-exclusive list of investor types

Also, investors might be classified according to their styles.






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See Investor AB
Investor AB

Investor Aktiebolag is a Sweden investment company, founded in 1916 and still controlled by the Wallenberg family. The company owns a controlling stake in several large Swedish corporation with smaller positions in a number of other firms....
 for the Swedish investment company.


An investor is any party that makes an investment
Investment

Investment or investing is a term with several closely-related meanings in business management, finance and economics, related to Saving or deferring Consumption ....
.

The term has taken on a specific meaning in finance
Finance

The field of finance refers to the concepts of time, money and risk and how they are interrelated. Banks are the main facilitators of funding through the provision of credit, although private equity, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other organizations have become important....
 to describe the particular types of people and companies that regularly purchase equity
STOCK

Software for fixed assets management and stock control developed in 2004. Stocktaking process is carried using a hand-held mobile terminal equipped with barcode reader or RFID technology....
 or debt
Bond (finance)

In finance, a bond is a debt security , in which the authorized issuer owes the holders a debt and, depending on the terms of the bond, is obliged to pay interest and/or to repay the principal at a later date, termed Maturity ....
  securities
Security (finance)

A security is a fungible, negotiable instrument representing financial value. Securities are broadly categorized into debt securities , and stock securities; e.g., common stocks....
 for financial gain in exchange for funding
Funding

Funding or finance is to provide Capital , which means money for a project, a person, a business or any other private or public institutions....
 an expanding company. Less frequently, the term is applied to parties who purchase real estate
Real estate

Real estate is a law term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings, specifically property that is fixed in location., currency
Currency

A currency is a Medium of exchange, facilitating the trade of goods and/or Service s. It is coins and paper bills used as money. It is one form of money, where money is anything that serves as a medium of exchange, a store of value, and a standard of value....
, commodity
Commodity

A commodity is anything for which there is demand, but which is supplied without qualitative product differentiation across a market. It is a product that is the same no matter who produces it, such as petroleum, notebook paper, or milk....
  derivatives
Derivative (finance)

Derivatives are financial contracts, or financial instruments, whose values are derived from the value of something else . The underlying on which a derivative is based can be an asset , an index , or other items ....
, personal property
Personal property

Personal property is a type of property. In the common law systems personal property may also be called chattels or personalty. It is distinguished from real property, or real estate....
, or other assets.

The term implies that a party purchases and holds assets in hopes of achieving capital gain
Capital gain

A capital gain is a profit that results from investments into a capital asset, such as stocks, bonds or real estate, which exceeds the purchase price....
 or cash flow
Cash flow

Cash flow is the balance of the amounts of cash being received and paid by a business during a defined period of time, sometimes tied to a specific project....
, not as a profession
Profession

"A profession is a vocation founded upon specialised educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain"....
 or for short-term income
Income

Income, refers to consumption opportunity gained by an entity within a specified time frame, which is generally expressed in monetary terms. However, for households and individuals, "income is the sum of all the wages, salaries, profits, interests payments, rents and other forms of earnings received......
.

Types of investors

Here is an overlapping, non-exclusive list of investor types
  • Individual investors
    Natural person

    In jurisprudence, a natural person is a human being perceptible through the senses and subject to physical laws, as opposed to an Legal person, i.e., an organization that the law treats for some purposes as if it were a person distinct from its members or owner....
     (including trusts on behalf of individuals, and umbrella companies formed for two or more to pool investment funds)
  • Collectors
    Collecting

    The hobby of collecting includes seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector....
     of art
    Art

    Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music and literature....
    , antiques
    Antiques

    An antique is an old collectible item. It is collected or desirable because of its age, rarity, condition, utility, or other unique features. It is an object that represents a previous era in human society....
    , and other things of value
  • Angel investors, either individually or in groups
  • Venture capital
    Venture capital

    Venture capital is a type of private equity capital typically provided to early-stage, high-potential, Growth investing companies in the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event such as an IPO or mergers and acquisitions of the company....
     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 trust
    Investment trust

    Investment trusts are companies that invest in the share of other companies for the purpose of acting as a collective investment.Investors' money is pooled together from the sale of a fixed number of shares a trust issues when it launches....
    s, including real estate investment trust
    Real estate investment trust

    A Real Estate Investment Trust or REIT is a tax designation for a corporation investing in real estate that reduces or eliminates corporate income taxes....
    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 fund
    Sovereign wealth fund

    A sovereign wealth fund is a state-owned investment fund composed of finance assets such as stocks, bonds, property, precious metals or other financial instruments....
    s


Also, investors might be classified according to their styles. In this respect, an important distinctive investor psychology trait is risk attitude
Risk aversion

Risk aversion is a concept in economics, finance, and psychology related to the behaviour of consumers and investors under uncertainty. Risk aversion is the reluctance of a person to accept a bargain with an uncertain payoff rather than another bargain with a more certain, but possibly lower, expected value....
.

Investor protection

The term “investor protection” defines the entity of efforts and activities to observe, safeguard and enforce the rights and claims of a person in his role as an investor. This includes advise and legal action. The assumption of a need of protection is based on the experience that financial investors are usually structurally inferior to providers of financial services and products due to lack of professional knowledge, information and/or experience.

See also


  • Investment
    Investment

    Investment or investing is a term with several closely-related meanings in business management, finance and economics, related to Saving or deferring Consumption ....
  • Defined Risk Strategy
    Defined risk strategy

    Defined Risk Strategy is an supplement to asset allocation, diversification Diversification and the modern portfolio theory. A defined risk strategy caps downside stock investment risk and in many situations, the risk is typically eliminated over a one-year period....
  • Securities offering
    Securities offering

    A securities offering is a discrete round of investment, by which a business or other enterprise raises money to fund operations, expansion, a Capital project, an acquisition, or some other business purpose....
  • Private equity
    Private equity

    In finance, private equity is an asset class consisting of Stock securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....
  • Corporate finance
    Corporate finance

    Corporate finance is an area of finance dealing with the financial decisions corporations make and the tools and analysis used to make these decisions....
  • Stock investor
  • Growth capital
    Growth capital

    Growth capital is a type of private equity investment, most often a minority investment, in relatively mature companies that are looking for capital to expand or restructure operations, enter new markets or finance a significant acquisition without a change of control of the business....
  • Sweep account
    Sweep account

    A sweep account is an account set up at a bank or other financial institution where the funds are automatically managed between a primary cash account and secondary investment accounts....
  • Model Audit
    Model Audit

    A Model Audit is the colloquial term for the tasks performed when conducting due diligence on a financial model, in order to eliminate spreadsheet error....


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