Different investor types target varying assets for potential ... gains or dividends to compound their returns with time. Institutional investors make money by generating returns on the investments ...

Institutional investors include ETFs and mutual funds, ideal for new investors. Hedge funds are riskier and require being an accredited investor. Market makers from institutions ensure liquidity ...

However, researchers have unearthed very little information on the success rates of different types of institutional investors. Research conducted by Wan Wongsunwai, senior lecturer in accounting ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert.

Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell ... We can see that Adobe does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company's stock.