Financial Instruments

<p >"Derivatives are one of the three main categories of financial instruments, the other two being <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">equity</a> (i.e., stocks or shares) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt" title="Debt">debt</a> (i.e., <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond(finance)" title="Bond (finance)">bonds</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortgages" class="mw-redirect" title="Mortgages">mortgages</a>)."

source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative(finance)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative(finance)</a></p>