Investing means, making more money on your  money towards increasing your wealth. An investment is anything you purchase for future income or benefit. In other words, anything not consumed today and saved for future use can be considered an investment.  Income earned from your investments and any appreciation in the value of your investments increases your wealth. Before we take a look at thedifferent financial products, it is important to know the basic principles of investing!

MarketWatch.com has an article by Paul Farrell on why Dilbert should win the Noble Prize for his simple but unified theory of everything financial. 

OK, so Dilbert didn't win the Nobel Prize in economics this year. There's always next year, right? Or perhaps a parallel universe? You may wonder whether Dilbert and his creator, cartoonist Scott Adams, have any chance, but since the Nobel committee's records are sealed for 50 years our imagination runs free.