An investor profile or style defines an individual's preferences in investment decisions, for example:

• Short term trading (active management) or long term holding (buy and hold)
• Risk averse or risk tolerant / seeker
• All classes of assets or just one (stocks for example)
• Value stock, growth stocks, quality stocks, defensive or cyclical stocks. Investment or investing is a term with several closely-related meanings in Business management, Finance and Economics, related to saving Active management (also called active investing) refers to a portfolio management strategy wherein the manager makes specific investments with the goal of outperforming Buy and hold is a Long term Investment strategy based on the concept that in the long run Financial markets give a good rate of return despite periods of Risk aversion is a concept in Economics, Finance, and Psychology related to the behaviour of consumers and investors under uncertainty Software for Fixed assets management and Stock control developed in 2004. Value investing is an Investment paradigm that derives from the ideas on investment and Speculation that Ben Graham & David Dodd began In Finance, Growth Stocks are Stocks that appreciate in value and yield a high Return on equity (ROE Quality Investing is an Investment strategy based on identifying Investment vehicles with above-average quality characteristics . .
• Big cap or small cap stocks,
• Use or not of derivatives
• Home turf or international diversification
• Hands on, or via investment funds
• and so on. Derivatives are Financial instruments whose values depend on the value of other underlying financial instruments A collective investment scheme is a way of investing money with other people to participate in a wider range of investments than those feasible for most individual investors

See also

• Value investing
• Index investing
• Growth investing
• Quality investing
• Socially responsible investing
• Ethical investing
• Appreciation
• Capital accumulation
• Financial economics
• Investor relations
• Return on investment
• Saving
• Speculation
• Stock investor
• Stock profile
• Styles of investment strategy
• Global assets under management

External links

• investor types

Value investing is an Investment paradigm that derives from the ideas on investment and Speculation that Ben Graham & David Dodd began An index fund or index tracker is a Collective investment scheme (usually a Mutual fund or Exchange-traded fund) that aims to replicate the movements of Growth investing is a style of Investment strategy Those who follow this style known as growth investors, invest in companies that exhibit signs of above-average Quality Investing is an Investment strategy based on identifying Investment vehicles with above-average quality characteristics Socially responsible investing, also known as sustainable investing or ethical investing describes an Investment Strategy which seeks to maximize both Financial Socially responsible investing, also known as sustainable investing or ethical investing describes an Investment Strategy which seeks to maximize both Financial Appreciation is a term used in Accounting relating to the increase in value of an Asset. Most generally the accumulation of capital refers simply to the gathering or amassment of objects of value the increase in wealth or the creation of wealth Financial economics is the branch of Economics concerned with "the allocation and deployment of economic resources both spatially and across time in an uncertain environment" Investor Relations (IR is a strategic management responsibility that integrates finance communication marketing and securities law compliance to enable the most effective two-way communication In Finance, rate of return ( ROR) also known as return on investment ( ROI) rate of profit or sometimes just return, is In common usage saving generally means putting money aside for example by putting money in the bank or investing in a Pension plan Speculation, in a financial context is making an investment that increases the overall risk in a portfolio A stock trader or a stock investor is an Individual or firm who buys and sells Stocks or bonds (and possibly other Within the context of Financial investment, especially Investment management, different approaches to selecting investment have differentiated themselves into disting styles Global asset allocation or Global assets under management consists of Pension funds, Insurance companies and Mutual funds.

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