Normally, each type or class of investment carries its own reward and risk associated with the investment that may be plotted on a graph. Moving from low potential return/low risk to high potential return/high risk, there are short-term government debts (from financially secure sovereign nations); mid- to long-term government debts, shortterm loans to the highest rated blue chip corporations; real property that is purchased and then rented or leased; high-yield debt to less stable governments and lower-rated corporations (junk bonds); equities (including small, medium and large capitalized corporate equities); and options and futures contracts (wherein you leverage or borrow funds in order to purchase an investment).