Finance

Finance is the science that describes the management of money, credit, banking, assets, and investments. More easily understood, anything that has to do with money and the stock market is what finance looks at and deals with.http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/finance.asp

Managing personal finances is what allows an individual to fund the purchase of goods and services, as well as funding investments. Finances are monetary resources of a government or some type of corporate body, such as a family, coming from some sort of income.http://www.thefreedictionary.com/finance These resources earned from the economy include money or other liquid resources that includes the circulation of money, the granting of credit, the provision of banking facilities, and the making of investments.http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finance

There are three main areas of finance: financial management, financial markets and institutions, and investments. Financial management is concerned with the decisions around the movement of money within the organization. Financial markets include institutions like banks, insurance companies and credit unions, all of which provide the underlying financial infrastructure that makes financial management possible. Investments include stocks, mutual funds, bonds and other longer-term assets.http://courses.dsu.edu/finance/major/whatis.htm

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