Chapter y Investment Companies INvestment companies Investment companies are a type of financial intermediary, they obtain money from investors and use it to purchase financial assets. In return the investor receive certain rights regarding the financial assets that the investment company has invested and any earnings that it may generate In the simplest and most common situation, the investment company has only one type of investor stockholdersChapter 9 Investment Companies  Investment companies – Investment companies are a type of financial intermediary, they obtain money from investors and use it to purchase financial assets. – In return the investor receive certain rights regarding the financial assets that the investment company has invested and any earnings that it may generate. – In the simplest and most common situation, the investment company has only one type of investor— stockholders