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

Foreign exchange (forex) trading is easier to grasp once you understand the basic concepts. This comprehensive guide will focus on financial instruments that can deepen your understanding of forex ...

Financial instruments are becoming increasingly complicated, and a new survey of CPA financial executives by the AICPA found concern about the valuation of instruments such as derivatives, with fears ...

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Investors are always looking for new opportunities where to allocate their funds across the spectrum of capital. This is in most cases a sophisticated process that includes strategies and many stages ...

Many believe the 2008 financial crisis was the defining moment of the United States’ political economy in the twenty-first century. When the markets crashed, the country overwhelmingly voted out the ...

The American Institute of CPAs launched a new credential and accompanying performance framework Monday that will address the "consistency, clarity and transparency of the valuation of financial ...

FASB proposed a standard Tuesday that would clarify the interaction between its standard on recognition and measurement of financial instruments and its standard on equity method investments. In 2016, ...

Based on Bloomberg's Open Symbology, FIGI is a free and open data standard and unique identifier of financial instruments that can be used across all global asset classes, including syndicated loans, ...