Investments

Investments

In general, to invest is to distribute money in the expectation of some benefit in the future – for example, investment in durable goods, in real estate by the service industry, in factories for manufacturing, in product development, and in research and development. However, this article focuses specifically on investment in financial assets.

In finance, the benefit from investment is called a return. The return may consist of a profit from the sale of property or an investment, or investment income including dividendsinterests, rental income etc., or a combination of the two. The projected economic return is the appropriately discounted value of the future returns.

Investors generally expect higher returns from riskier investments. When we make a low risk investment, the return is also generally low.

Investors, particularly novices, are often advised to adopt a particular investment strategy and diversify their portfolio. Diversification has the statistical effect of reducing overall risk.

San Carlos Park

San Carlos Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 16,317 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

San Carlos Park is located at 26°28′28″N 81°48′56″W (26.474458, -81.815467).[3]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.1 square miles (13 km2), of which 4.9 square miles (13 km2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) (4.15%) is water.

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 16,317 people, 5,901 households, and 4,449 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 3,360.5 people per square mile (1,296.3/km²). There were 6,580 housing units at an average density of 1,355.2/sq mi (522.7/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.84% White, 1.26% African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.70% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 2.31% from other races, and 1.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.14% of the population.