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Investor

Meaning in investing & the stock market, with examples

/ɪnˈvestər/nounCore term

In investing & the stock market, investor means: A person or organisation that puts money into shares, bonds, funds or other assets in the hope of earning a profit or income over time.

In Turkish: yatırımcı

How it is used

Very common in news and reports. Writers distinguish retail investors (individuals), institutional investors (funds, banks, insurers) and foreign investors. Investors buy, sell, flee, return or pile into an asset; a company holds investor meetings.

Example sentences

  1. Foreign investors bought a net 300 million dollars of Turkish equities last week.

  2. Retail investors now account for most of the daily trading volume.

Common collocations

  • retail investor
  • institutional investor
  • foreign investor
  • long-term investor
  • investor confidence
  • portfolioAll the investments that one person or organisation owns, such as shares, bonds, funds and cash, seen together as a whole.
  • risk toleranceHow much loss or how big a swing in value an investor is willing and able to accept in exchange for the chance of higher returns.
  • stock marketThe whole system in which shares of companies are bought and sold, including the exchanges, the investors and the prices they create.
  • shareholderA person or organisation that owns one or more shares in a company and therefore owns part of it, with rights such as voting and receiving dividends.

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