# 🧀 Hors D’ouveres

By [Let Them Eat Cake](https://paragraph.com/@ltecake) · 2022-06-18

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**TL,DR: Financial industry jargon has gotten out of control.**

“Shorting the VIX”, “Inverted Yield Curve”, “Dividend Aristrocrat”,  “Double Hammer Candlestick”, “Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac”. Who ever said finance bros lack creativity?

Gatekeepers of the financial industry use all sorts of words to describe financial products.

Instrument.

Asset.

Investment.

Security.

Vehicle.

Piece.

Paper.

Receipt.

Certificate.

More or less all of these terms mean exactly the same thing. They all refer to investment products, which like food, cost money, and are meant to produce a return in the future that is worth more than you paid for it.

Investment products and food products travel parallel journeys en route to the marketplace where consumers like you can buy and sell them. Conscious consumers recognize the importance of a products’ origin, and always consider the enterprise in which they are investing.

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*Originally published on [Let Them Eat Cake](https://paragraph.com/@ltecake/hors-d-ouveres)*