1. What is the difference between a real and a financial asset? 2. Do we need capital markets? What roles do they perform? 3. Describe the process of asset transformation as performed by financial intermediaries. 4. What is the difference between debt and equity? 5. Why, for the same share at the same point in time, is the price available to an investor wanting to sell a share different from the price at which they can buy it? 1. What is the difference between a real and a financial asset? 2. Do we need capital markets? What roles do they perform? 3. Describe the process of asset transformation as performed by financial intermediaries. 4. What is the difference between debt and equity? 5. Why, for the same share at the same point in time, is the price available to an investor wanting to sell a share different from the price at which they can buy it?