We review the ten asset categories that trade on major stock exchanges, many of which are smaller niches in which individual investors have an edge over institutional investors.How to invest in business development companies, a small segment of the markets that has returned 9% annualized with dividend yields of 8%.Topics covered include:How securities trading has changed and why are there so many trading platformsWhy do institutions still pay trading commissionsWhen did stock exchanges start and which are the largestWhat are direct and indirect investment vehiclesWhat are the ten asset types that trade on stock exchangesHow to invest in business development companies (BDCs)For more information on this episode click here.SponsorsWealthfront - get your first $5,000 managed for free for lifeLinkedIn - post your first job for freeShow NotesNew York Stock Exchange (NYSE)—Corporate Finance InstituteOff-Exchange Trading To Continue To Grow In US by Shanny Basar—Traders MagazineHow We Analyzed Wall Street Block Trades by Liz Hoffman, Corrie Driebusch, and Tom McGinty—The Wall Street JournalU.S. Institutional Equity Trading Commissions Jump 25% to $8.9BN in 2021, According to Bloomberg Intelligence—BloombergLargest stock exchange operators worldwide as of December 2021, by market capitalization of listed companies—StatistaTotal Market Value of U.S. Stock Market—Siblis ResearchETFGI reports the ETFs industry in the United States ended 2021 with record high assets of US$7.21 trillion and record net inflows of US $919.78 billion—ETFGIREIT Industry Financial Snapshot—NareitMortgage REITs—NareitClosed-End Fund Assets and Net Issuance—Investment Company InstituteInvestor Bulletin: American Depositary Receipts—U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionWhat is an ADR?—Stock Market MBADirect Lenders in the U.S. Middle Market by Tetiana Davydiuk, Tatyana Marchuk, and Samuel RosenBusiness Development Companies (BDCs)—Levin LawSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.