Another might be that investing for the long term, can mean for a very, very long term.
The problem is that it is organisations – governments, households and businesses – not markets that invest for the future.
On the other hand, companies that invest for strategic purposes, like Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, General Electric and Intel, view financial returns as a secondary benefit.
Ed Miliband will on Monday flesh out his support for producer rather than "predator" capitalism by calling on the government to withdraw tax changes that he claims will punish up to 200,000 businesses that invest for the long term.
In other words, it is the latest initiative to provide the financial bridge that British industry has wanted for more or less as long as I have been conscious of the existence of British industry, viz long-term finance for growing companies from the institutions that invest for the long term.
She is president of a family business that invests money for energy companies.
Formula One is being bought by Liberty Media, a U.S. company that invests in entertainment and sports, for $4.4 billion. .
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