Introduction Assets, real assets and financial assets Financial assets. divided by markets Money markets. currencies commercial papers; T-bills Capital markets: Government debt; Corporate debt; LOCKS, Derivatives: options, forward, and futures Investment stock market investmentIntroduction • Assets: real assets and financial assets; • Financial assets:divided by markets • Money markets:currencies; • commercial papers; T-bills; • Capital markets: Government debt ; Corporate debt; • stocks; • Derivatives: options, forward, and futures; • Investment: stock market investment