# Sources - [Assets](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/assets.md): "An asset is a resource with economic value that an individual, corporation, or country owns or controls with the expectation that it will provide a future benefit." Source: Investopedia.com - [Bonds](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/assets/bonds.md): "A bond is a fixed-income instrument that represents a loan made by an investor to a borrower (typically corporate or governmental)." Source: Investopedia.com - [Collectibles](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/assets/collectibles.md) - [Commodities](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/assets/commodities.md): Agriculture, energy and metals are commodities. - [Derivatives](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/assets/derivatives.md): "The term derivative refers to a type of financial contract whose value is dependent on an underlying asset, group of assets, or benchmark." Source: Investopedia.com - [Digital Assets](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/assets/digital-assets.md): Digital assets are assets that are purely digital and do not exist in the physical world. - [Collectibles](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/assets/digital-assets/collectibles.md) - [Cryptocurrencies](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/assets/digital-assets/cryptocurrencies.md): Digital money. - [Media](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/assets/digital-assets/media.md): Some exellent sources to learn about digital assets and cryptocurrencies. - [Utility Tokens](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/assets/digital-assets/utility-tokens.md): "A utility token is a type of token that is used to access a particular product or service within a blockchain-based ecosystem." Source: TrustMachines.com - [Equities (a.k.a. Stocks)](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/assets/equities-a.k.a.-stocks.md): What they are, why and how to invest in them. - [Fine Art](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/assets/fine-art.md): Purchasing scarce fine art is a way to preserve purchasing power in times of high inflation. - [Intellectual Property (IP)](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/assets/intellectual-property-ip.md): Ownership rights of ideas, stories and designs. - [Real Estate](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/assets/real-estate.md) - [Wine and Spirits](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/assets/wine-and-spirits.md): Wine and spirits often appreciate in value over time. - [Liabilities](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/liabilities.md): "In general, a liability is an obligation between one party and another not yet completed or paid for."--Source: Investopedia - [Debt](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/liabilities/debt.md): Money, assets or services owed that must be paid back at some point in the future are liabilities. - [Technical Debt](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/liabilities/technical-debt.md): "The implied cost of future reworking required when choosing an easy but limited solution instead of a better approach that could take more time." Source: Wikipedia - [Unfunded Liabilities](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/liabilities/unfunded-liabilities.md): Some debts are not even on the books. - [People](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/people.md): Here are some of the people.hat have contributed research and ideas that helped me understand how the world currently works, how it will work in the future, and what we should expect as things change. - [Entities](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/entities.md): These are some organizations that influence how the future unfolds. - [Distributed Autonomous Organizations (DOAs)](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/entities/distributed-autonomous-organizations-doas.md): An emerging form of legal structure controlled by its members. - [Equity Crowd Funding](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/entities/equity-crowd-funding.md): List of organizations related to equity crowdfunding. - [Government](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/entities/government.md) - [Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/entities/non-governmental-organizations-ngos.md): Social mission driven voluntary groups or institutions that operate independently from governments. - [Social Media](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/entities/social-media.md): Social Media organizations. - [Research](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/entities/research.md): Companies that do trend, market and asset research. - [Venture Capital](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/entities/venture-capital.md): List of venture capital related companies. - [Universities](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/entities/universities.md): Selected list of relavent universities. - [World Organizations](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/entities/world-organizations.md): List of organizations that work internationally. - [Exchanges](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/entities/exchanges.md) - [Data](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/data.md) - [Computation](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/computation.md) - [Hardware](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/computation/hardware.md) - [Software](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/computation/software.md) - [Operating Systems](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/computation/software/operating-systems.md) - [Source Code Types](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/computation/software/source-code-types.md): Hardware and Software - [Protocols](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/computation/protocols.md) - [File Formats](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/computation/file-formats.md) - [Networking](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/computation/networking.md) - [Security](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/computation/security.md) - [Tech Stacks](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/computation/tech-stacks.md): Technologies Used in Conjuction - [JAMStack](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/computation/tech-stacks/jamstack.md) - [MACH Architecture](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/computation/tech-stacks/mach-architecture.md) - [Composible Architecture](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/computation/tech-stacks/mach-architecture/composible-architecture.md) - [Glossary](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/glossary.md): Terms that are useful for investors. - [Standards](https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/sources/standards.md): As technology advances, it is nessary to standardize and organize processses so as to efficiently work toward common goals. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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