how can a company acquire more capital assets 
there s two ways a company usually acquires capital assets first capital assets require a lot of money something new companies tend to not have therefore capital assets may be acquired using initial equity via investments the idea here is an investor puts money into a business the business uses that money to buy capital assets the capital assets help drive operating income and that operating income is returned to the investor the other way capital assets may be financed is through operations creating a cycle of asset usage if a company self funded the capital assets perhaps via debt it can now use those assets to generate income that can be used to buy new other capital assets in the future the bottom linecapital assets are generally tangible illiquid long term assets that carry higher value compared to ordinary assets capital assets often have a benefit that extends beyond one year and companies usually use capital assets as an integral part of their business operations companies often also represent personal assets of an individual in this situation capital assets are the significant pieces of investment that person owns 