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• Which two investing assets are there?

  Real assets & Financial assets

• Which two types of investments are there based on gain terms?

  Investing = goal is producing future stream of cash return in the long run
  
  Speculating = goal is to bet on short term gains

• Which two types of financial intermediaries are there between "People With Money" & "Companies with projects" in the Investment Landscape?

  The Buy Side & Sell Side

• Give examples for intermediaries on the buy side and sell side.

  Buy side = Mutual funds, Pension funds, Hedge funds
  
  Sell side = Brokers, Dealers, Investment banks

• What does the buy side of financial intermediaries entail?

  The side of the financial market that buys large portions of securities on behalf of clients

• What does the self side of financial intermediaries  entail?

  The side of the financial market, which deals with the creation, promotion and selling of traded securities to the public

• What do the different groups within the investment landscape provide to and get from eachother?

  See here

• What is the added value of the buy side and the added value of the sell side?

  Buy side = diversification
  
  Sell side = convenience & reduction of information asymmetry

• Which two types of investors are there? Explain them.

  Institutional investors = if professional companies invest
  
  Retail investors =  if you directly invest

• Do investment analysts who share their information with the public work for the buy or for the sell side?

  The sell side, since it reduces information assymetry & the buy side normally keeps the information for itself.