Learn what financial instruments are, explore major types and asset classes, and understand how they work in investing, trading, and portfolio construction.

Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more than 10 years working with financial planning, derivatives, equities, fixed income, project management, and analytics. Investment ...

Investing can be a great way to make money. But there is more than one way to invest. There are a few different types of securities you can put your money into, each with their own risks and benefits.

Both Apple stock and the most complex financial instruments in the world fall under the same umbrella term — securities. The term is used in the finance sector to refer to many different financial ...

If you're familiar with or invest in exchange-traded funds, it's likely you've heard of derivatives ETFs, a category of ETFs that use derivative instruments such as futures and forward contracts, ...