https://www.wall-street-shuffle.com/tags/r-markdown/ Recent content in R Markdown on The Wall Street Shuffle Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CC BY-NC 4.0</a> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.wall-street-shuffle.com/basic-definitions-asset-classes/ Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.wall-street-shuffle.com/basic-definitions-asset-classes/ Basic Definitions In order to discuss financial theories properly it is necessary to know the basic economic terminology. The definitions will be introduced but not further elaborated. For a much more comprehensive list of financial terms and their exact definitions I recommend [Investopedia] (https://investopedia.com) or a basic Economics textbook. Every market, for every product, consists of agents buying and selling that product. The prices paid or received by an agent change continuously based on supply and demand.