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The article analyzes the importance of the capital creating process and trends in several of its structural cross-sections in Slovakia. The course of investment process in the Slovak Republic is being compared with its development in the EU-15. The investment structure in the Slovak economy is characterized by the lower share of investment into human capital (and higher investment share into capital stock) than in the EU-15. Within the structure of tangible investment in the SR in 2005 investment in the industry dominated over investment into services. In the tangible investment into manufacturing over the years 2005 and 2006 more than a half share of investment was directed into industries with high and higher medium technologies. High investment intensity of economic growth in the Slovak Republic will be retained even in the future years. It will rest on the shoulders of foreign investors.