financial assets
Wealth in instruments
Financial assets are items of value that exist as claims or contracts rather than physical objects: stocks, bonds, bank deposits, and similar instruments.
They represent ownership or debt obligations that can be converted to cash.
Distinguished from tangible assets like real estate or equipment, financial assets derive value from contractual rights: Her financial assets included mutual funds and a retirement account.
- bank depositsMoney held by lenders
- common stockBasic corporate ownership units
- bondsTies that unite
- cashReady spending funds
- money marketShort-term debt trading sector
savings bonds · ETFs · share · debentures · promissory notes · Bitcoin · index funds · stablecoins · retirement account · corporate bonds · junk bonds · fixed income · credit default swaps · mutual funds · warrants · treasury bonds · preferred stock · stock options
- assetsproperty, cash, money, investments, bank accounts
- taxationtax, income tax, sales tax, tax return, tax refund
financial assetsfinancial liabilities
Obligations requiring future payment
liabilities · debts · obligations · accounts payable · mortgages
financial assetstangible assets
Ownable items with substance
real property · real estate · physical property · fixed assets · land