[DebtDeflation]

>As a rule of thumb, the more convoluted things get in finance, the more nefarious the intentions

Many years ago, the quote I heard went something like, "There are only 3 real asset classes: Equities, Fixed Income, and instruments designed to make money for Wall Street. Colloquially known as Stocks, Bonds, and Bullshit."

[nopzor]

what’s the difference between equities and stocks?

[mynegation]

Equity is an asset class. It includes stocks for sure, but holdings in index funds, ETFs, private equity investments, venture capital are also examples of equities.

[nopzor]

index funds (of stock), private equity investments (generally stock), and vc equity investments (of private stock) are all also “stocks”.

[mnadkvlb]

Such an underrated comment !! +1