Editing Store of value (section)

{{Short description|Property that money is useful later}}

A '''store of value''' is any commodity or [[asset]] that would normally retain [[purchasing power]] into the future and is the function of the asset that can be saved, retrieved and exchanged at a later time, and be predictably useful when retrieved.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Store of Value |url=https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/valuation/store-of-value/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=Corporate Finance Institute |language=en-US}}</ref>

The most common store of value in modern times has been [[money]], [[currency]], or a [[commodity]] like a [[precious metal]] or [[financial capital]]. The point of any store of value is [[risk management]] due to a stable demand for the underlying asset.<ref name ="Essentials">{{cite book |title=Essentials of Economics |last=Mankiw |first=N. Gregory |year=2012 |publisher=Cengage Learning |isbn=978-1133418948 |page=437 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sSY9AAAAQBAJ |accessdate=2 January 2017}}</ref>