Investments don&#x27;t actually diminish profits. If Amazon buys a house for 10mill$, their profit doesn&#x27;t change by a cent, because while they may have less cash, they also own a 10mill$ building.<p>The value of investments is spread out over whatever is reasonable for the category (i. e.: Building: 10 years or so, car: 3 or 4 years, javascript framework: 8 hours).