#investing__investment the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
supertype: #finance the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
subtype: #arbitrage 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
subtype: #risk_arbitrage__takeover_arbitrage arbitrage involving risk; as in the simultaneous purchase of stock in a target company and sale of stock in its potential acquirer; if the takeover fails the arbitrageur may lose a great deal of money
subtype: #leveraging__leverage investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)
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