asset class
Portfolio building block
An asset class is a category of investments that share similar characteristics and behave similarly in the market.
The major asset classes are stocks, bonds, cash, and real estate, though alternatives like commodities and cryptocurrencies form their own classes.
Portfolio diversification typically means spreading investments across multiple asset classes: She rebalanced her portfolio to include more fixed-income asset classes.
- financial instrumentsTradable monetary contracts
- portfolio managementOverseeing investment holdings strategically
- investment portfolioGrouped financial assets owned
- derivativesThings derived from another
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
commodity market · index funds · fixed income · capital market · mutual funds · hedge funds · corporate bond · emerging markets · real estate · stock exchange · preferred stock · growth stocks · common stock · venture capital · alternative investments · capital gains · passive income · bond funds
- financial termswealth, currency, balance sheet, audit, debit
- investment metricsalpha, beta, risk, return, yield
- classessuperclass, caste, tier
- Asset Valuationbook value, fair value, fair market value, market value, appraised value
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