Different categories of investments are described as asset classes. Stock, bonds, and cash -- including cash equivalents -- are major asset classes. So are real estate, derivative investments, such as options and futures contracts, and precious metals.
When you allocate the assets in your investment portfolio, you decide what proportion of its total value will be invested in each of the different asset classes you're including.
| Dow Jones | S&P 500 | NASDAQ | 10-Year Note | |
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| 10,309.92 | 1,091.49 | 2,138.44 | 32.31 |
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