asset class

asset class definition - finance
A class of investments that have similar characteristics, including risk factors and how returns are created. Stocks, bonds, real estate, precious metals, and cash are different types of asset classes.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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