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In finance, a '''security''' is an instrument representing ownership (stocks), a debt agreement (bonds) or the rights to ownership ( | In finance, a '''security''' is an instrument representing ownership (stocks), a debt agreement (bonds) or the rights to ownership ([[derivative]]s). A security is essentially a contract that can be assigned a value and traded. | ||
Examples of a security include a note, [[stock]], preferred [[share]], [[bond]], [[debenture]], [[option]], [[future (finance)|future]], [[swap]], right, warrant, or virtually any other financial asset.<ref name="Investopedia_Security_Def">[http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/security.asp "Security Definition"], ''Investopedia'', referenced 2011-11-17.</ref> | Examples of a security include a note, [[stock]], preferred [[share]], [[bond]], [[debenture]], [[option]], [[future (finance)|future]], [[swap]], right, warrant, or virtually any other financial asset.<ref name="Investopedia_Security_Def">[http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/security.asp "Security Definition"], ''Investopedia'', referenced 2011-11-17.</ref> | ||
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In finance, a security is an instrument representing ownership (stocks), a debt agreement (bonds) or the rights to ownership (derivatives). A security is essentially a contract that can be assigned a value and traded.
Examples of a security include a note, stock, preferred share, bond, debenture, option, future, swap, right, warrant, or virtually any other financial asset.[1]
References
- ↑ "Security Definition", Investopedia, referenced 2011-11-17.
Links
- The Paradox of Asset Pricing. By Peter Bossaerts. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2002. (pdf) Richard C. Grimm, 2003
- Security (finance) at Wikipedia