Investing for Beginners , investing

An investment industry is a part of whole financial industry of the world. Finance sector includes not only investment industry but also other financial services: corporate finance, public finance, insurance and all banking services. 

Even if investment industry is only a part of a financial sector, it is still a huge and important industry. Altogether over 100 trillion (the amount varies over time) US dollars circulates in investment industry, most of which belongs to the US investors. The largest segments of investment industry are pension funds, insurance funds, exchange traded funds, mutual funds, hedge funds and private funds. 

Investment industry includes not only investment management but the other investing services too: securities trading, depository, margin trading, recommendations and researches, rising capital for the companies and other.