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CHAPTER1Investments-BackgroundandIssues1-2Investments&FinancialAssetsEssentialnatureofinvestmentEssentialnatureofinvestment–ReducedcurrentconsumptionReducedcurrentconsumption–PlannedlaterconsumptionPlannedlaterconsumptionRealAssetsRealAssets–AssetsusedtoproducegoodsandAssetsusedtoproducegoodsandservicesservicesFinancialAssetsFinancialAssets–ClaimsonrealassetsClaimsonrealassets1-3BalanceSheet–U
Households1-4DomesticNetWorth1-5MajorClassesofFinancialAssetsorSecuritiesDebtDebt–MoneymarketinstrumentsMoneymarketinstruments–BondsBondsCommonstockCommonstockPreferredstockPreferredstockDerivativesecuritiesDerivativesecurities1-6FinancialMarketsandtheEconomyConsumptionTimingConsumptionTimingAllocationofRiskAllocationofRiskSeparat