Investment
Investment, in a financial sense, is something that one puts money into in hopes of receiving a profit or gain. In an economic sense, an investment is something purchased that is not a consumer good, but is used for production of other goods and services. A type of financial investment is the purchase of a security, such as a stock or bond. Economic investments can be physical, such as machinery for a factory, or intangible, such as investing in job training to create human capital.
An investment is an object, mechanism, or system which is purchased with money or into which money is placed with the goal or receiving something greater in return.
Contents
Common Financial Investments
- Bonds
- Certificate of deposit or Money market
- Commodities
- Individual retirement account or IRA, 401K, 403B
- Stock market securities and mutual funds
Investing in art
See also: Art
"Blue-chip art refers to artwork produced by established, internationally recognized artists whose pieces consistently sell for high prices and at volume, demonstrating strong market demand and a stable, reliable value. These artists typically have a long history in the market, a well-established collector base, and their works often feature in major museum collections."[1]
One of the primary reasons why investors invest in blue chip art is that is doesn't correlate with other asset classes so it a form of diversification.[2] So if stocks/bonds and other types of investments are down that doesn't necessarily apply to blue chip art. According the Masterworks, which allows small investors to purchase shares of blue chip art, between 1994 to 2024, blue chip are has provided a higher rate of return than the Standard and Poor's index by 32%.[3]
Investing in art articles
- Investing in art for beginners
- How To Invest In Art
- How to Invest in Art: A Seven-Point Guide to Help You Understand the World of Contemporary Art Investment, Maddox Gallery
- Investing in art: What to know about turning a passion into a purposeful wealth strategy, RBC Wealth Management
Investing in blue chip art articles:
- What is Blue-Chip Art and How to Start Investing in it
- A Guide to Investing in Blue-Chip Art
- What is a Blue Chip Art Gallery? A Guide to the World of Blue Chip Art Investment, Maddox Gallery
Quotes
- "The one aim of these financiers is world control by the creation of inextinguishable debt." - Henry Ford
See also
- Economic collapse: Inflation, Agflation, Deflation, Stagflation, Hyperinflation, Panic of 1907, Panic of 1893, Panic of 1837, Eurozone Crisis
- Stock market crash (Stock market crash of 1929) leading to Bank runs and Great Depression (Economic depression)
- Economic bubbles: The Coming Derivatives bubble, Real estate bubble (Subprime loans, Bailout, Obama administration corporate bailouts), Dot com bubble (Tulip mania)
- Financial Crisis of 2008 leading to Recession of 2008 (Recession), Economic stimulus, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Recovery Summer 2010
- Obamanomics: Obamunism Economic planning of the Obama administration fiscal policy, Obama administration monetary policy, Obamacare, Federal funding via Crony capitalism (Obama donor list), Deficit spending, Similarities between Communism, Nazism and liberalism, Obamageddon
- National debt: Federal Reserve System's Ponzi scheme of Quantitative easing-Debt monetization devaluation of Fiat currency through Money supply-Treasury bills bought mostly by China and Japan
versus:
- Ludwig von Mises' conservative libertarian Austrian economics and Fiscal conservatism -Capitalist Conservative economic policies of Ron Paul
References
- ↑ What is blue chip art?
- ↑ How To Invest In Art
- ↑ "The Contemporary Art Index is based on internal Masterworks analysis of the repeat-sales index of historical art market prices computed based on a value weighted-basis and focused on the Post-War & Contemporary Art category (as defined by the applicable auction house using Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Indices Methodology) from 1995 to December 31, 2024. While Masterworks believes this graphic can be useful to help potential investors discern long term trends in art as an asset class, there are significant limitations to the utility of such comparative data, particularly over shorter time periods. Indices are unmanaged and a Masterworks investor cannot invest directly in an index."Masterworks main page
