Ownership claims on companies: common and preferred shares, depositary receipts, and equity funds.
Goods and services bought with discretionary income: autos, retail, leisure.
Non-discretionary goods: food, beverages, tobacco, household products.
Debt claims paying interest: government, municipal, corporate, and securitized obligations.
Cash and near-cash: deposits, money market instruments, and short-dated government bills.
Exposures outside stocks, bonds and cash: commodities, real assets, private markets, digital assets.
Return streams defined by strategy rather than asset: macro, arbitrage, managed futures.