Talk:Financial securities

Will there be a page for fixed income? --LadyGeek 16:39, 19 April 2012 (CDT)
 * I was thinking of a page for "Debt security" with a redirect from "Fixed-income security" (maybe also from "Fixed income") because there seems to be more agreement on the term "debt security" as inclusive of money market and capital market debt securities.--Kevin M 18:02, 19 April 2012 (CDT)

I have never seen "Debt security" used anywhere, it's always been Fixed Income. A Bogleheads site search for "Fixed income" returned 45,700 results. Searching for "debt security" returned 271 results. Consider naming the page "Fixed income," it will be easier to find. We can educate readers on the proper terminology in the introduction. --LadyGeek 18:47, 19 April 2012 (CDT)
 * But that's exactly the problem I want to address. There is confusion as to whether or not "fixed income" includes money market securities, and people are not educated on the subject. If we include money market securities as fixed income, it is likely to be challenged. All academic sources seem to be consistent in using the terms debt, debt instrument, or debt security as the all-inclusive terms, but even academic sources are inconsistent in the use of "fixed income". Here's an idea: create both pages. Fixed income can refer to main article Debt security, and perhaps include a short discussion about the inconsistency of the use of the term "fixed income". This addresses both of our concerns: easy to find, helps resolve the confusion, and is consistent with credible sources.--Kevin M 20:43, 19 April 2012 (CDT)

Thank you, that's a good idea. This is a balance between academic correctness and helping new investors. Start from a popular (mis)understanding, then build on the concepts and teach it correctly. BTW, I'm learning quite a bit already. --LadyGeek 15:35, 20 April 2012 (CDT)
 * OK, here's the plan. Create page "Fixed income security" then move to "Fixed income" (I assume you prefer the simpler name for the page), so there will be a redirect from the former to the latter. Include "main article" template referencing "Debt security", and put enough info into "Fixed income" to clarify what we're doing and why. Sound good?--Kevin M 16:38, 20 April 2012 (CDT)

That's about it. Except creating "Fixed income security" will always come up in the search engine after "Fixed income," I'm not sure a redirect is needed. BTW, you don't need to rename (move) the page, just create a page with #REDIRECT Fixed income - it's how the redirects are done.--LadyGeek 18:32, 20 April 2012 (CDT)