Introspection

The ability to evaluate your thoughts and emotions.

Invention

The development of new methods of production and new products.

Inventory

Goods held by a firm prior to sale or use, including raw materials, and partially-finished or finished goods intended for […]

Investment (i)

Expenditure on newly produced capital goods (machinery and equipment) and buildings, including new housing.

Investment function (aggregate)

An equation that shows how investment spending in the economy as a whole depends on other variables, namely, the interest […]

Investment trust

A company on the stock exchange that only invests in other companies.

Invisible hand

An idiom first coined by Adam Smith. In modern usage, it refers to the tendency of decisions by individuals to […]

Invoice factoring

Invoice factoring involves a business selling its invoices on to a third party, who will then add their own fee […]

Invoice financing

If your small business struggles with cash flow because you’re waiting on invoices to be paid, you can use invoice […]

Irrational exuberance

A process by which assets become overvalued. The expression was first used by Alan Greenspan, then chairman of the US […]