An investment vehicle is any mechanism by which a person is able to invest in a product that generates a positive return.
An investment vehicle is any mechanism by which a person is able to invest in a product that generates a positive return. The most common forms of investment vehicles are stocks, bonds, options and futures. There are other forms of investment vehicles, though, including commercial real estate, ETFs (exchange traded funds) and REITs (real estate investment trusts), each of which we describe in more detail below.