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Asset Classes

The instruments and conventions of each major market.

Difficulty intermediate

Reading order

  1. Equities — stocks, ETFs, ADRs, corporate actions
  2. Fixed Income — bonds, yield curve, duration, credit
  3. Foreign Exchange — pairs, carry, intervention regimes
  4. Commodities — energy, metals, agriculture, contango
  5. Crypto — spot, perps, on-chain, custody
  6. Real Estate — REITs, direct, NAV vs price
  7. Alternatives — private credit, infrastructure, art

What you should walk away with

  • The trading conventions and quotation styles of each asset class.
  • An understanding of the dominant risk factors per asset class.
  • A view on where each fits in a multi-asset portfolio.

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