financial securities
Bonds and stocks
Financial securities are tradable instruments representing ownership or debt: stocks, bonds, and their derivatives.
A stock is a security representing partial ownership in a company; a bond is a security representing a loan to a company or government.
Securities can be bought and sold on exchanges or private markets.
The term emphasizes their role as stores of value that can be converted to cash: Her portfolio contains a mix of securities.
- swapsMutual trades
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- blue chip stocksShares in financially solid corporations
- penny stocksVery low-priced shares
- optionsAvailable courses of action
shares · bonds · junk bonds · futures · forwards · common stock · hedging · strike price · trading floor · credit rating · preferred stock · yield curve · dividends · corporate bonds · fixed income · municipal bonds · equity funds · maturity date
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financial securitiescash
Ready spending funds
currency · coins · banknotes · ready money · hard currency
financial securitiestangible assets
Ownable items with substance
real property · real estate · commodities · land · equipment
financial securitiesliabilities
Amounts owed to others
debts · obligations · financial obligations · indebtedness · accounts payable
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