The four common categories of financial assets include cash, fixed income securities, stocks, and alternative assets.

Among them, cash includes bank deposit certificates, short-term bonds, money funds, bond funds, etc.; fixed-income securities include U.S. bonds, overseas bonds, convertible bonds, inflation-adjusted bonds, etc.; alternative assets include real estate, commodities, gold, art, etc.

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Financial assets refer to assets in the form of value owned by units or individuals.

It is an intangible right to claim physical assets.

It is a general term for all financial instruments that can be traded in organized financial markets and have current prices and future valuations.

Financial assets can be divided into two categories: cash and cash equivalents and other financial assets. Cash refers to assets owned by individuals in the form of cash or highly liquid assets; other financial assets refer to assets formed by individuals due to investment behaviors, such as

Various stocks and bonds, etc.

For statistical purposes, financial assets can be divided into monetary gold and special drawing rights, currency and deposits, securities other than stocks (including financial derivatives), loans, stocks and other equity, insurance special reserves, and other receivables/payables

accounts.