Meaning of malinvestment | Babel Free

Definitions

An incorrect or unwise investment.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Action by R. B. Carman against the executors of the will of John Wightman to recover⟳ the amount due upon a mortgage, and counterclaim by defendants against R. B. Carman, James Leitch, and R. A. Pringle, for malinvestment of funds, etc.”

“Even if market participants realize⟳ that price signals may be distorted, they have⟳ no good way to know⟳ what the undistorted set⟳ of prices would be, so malinvestment takes place⟳ during the boom phase of the business cycle.”

“It is painful for the owners of malinvestments but fast and efficient.”

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