Any contract that gives rise to both a financial asset of one entity and a financial liability or equity instrument of another entity. Financial instruments include both primary financial instruments - such as bonds, debtors, creditors and shares - and derivative financial instruments whose value derives from the underlying assets.
There are two basic types: (1) a debt instrument, which is a loan with an agreement to pay back funds with interest; (2) an equity security, which is share or stock in a company.
A document which has monetary value or is evidence of a transaction.
A mechanism for investment in the financial markets. There are two major types of financial instruments: a debt instrument, which is a loan guaranteed to pay back principal with interest, and an equity security, which represents part ownership in a company.
An instrument that has a monetary value or records a financial transaction that determines trading rights between two parties.
Any written instrument having monetary value or evidencing a monetary transaction.
Financial instruments is either a real or virtual document representing a legal agreement involving some sort of monetary value.