Insurance and funding traditionally drive capital investment. But in a world based on access, not ownership, the duration, value, cost and extent of financial services is distinctly different.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Finance is wholly different from the rest the economy.
Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.
I understand that finance can be very complex.
There's a tendency to look at investments in isolation. Investors focus on the risk of individual securities.
Access to capital is important for all firms, but it's particularly vital for startups and young firms, which often lack a sufficient stream of earnings to increase employment and internally finance capital spending.
The very nature of finance is that it cannot be profitable unless it is significantly leveraged... and as long as there is debt, there can be failure and contagion.
Our financial system is so complicated and so interactive - so many different markets in different countries and so many sets of rules.
You will always need more capital than you think, because it will always take you longer to reach profitability than you can imagine.
In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.
I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue.