Individuals and companies make investments in certain businesses that they wish to support or more often that they believe will turn a profit. President Obama has started an investment into the innovation and growth of the United States manufacturing economy in hopes of strengthening the industry in future years. NASA and the Departments of Defense, Agriculture, and Energy will invest $300 million in to the advancement of various technologies and evolution of materials with the goal of elevating the manufacturing industry of the U.S.A into a leader in the world market. While this may not be a direct investment via the stock market, this is an investment by these influential groups into the future of the United States economy that will, assuming that the investment achieves its goal, eventually provide these investors with returns in the form of a healthy economy in which they will thrive. The money is that which they have received from Americans who live and work within the economy. This investment is the continuation of the circular cycle of companies receiving money from a healthy economy and the reinvesting it to ensure the continuation of these returns. Much like an investor in a corporation who has increasing returns and wishes to continue his returns and thus purchases more stocks.
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