the commercial activity of providing funds and capital

make an investment

a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price

investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business)

investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)

the practice of buying and holding a security, portfolio or investment strategy for a term of longer than one year.

an investment expected to be sold or converted into cash within a year.

try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying

buy stocks or shares of a company

enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts

offer to buy, as of stocks and shares