With the SuperBowl taking place not too far away from Wall Street and the center of the investing world, we thought we help all those football fans who aren’t quite clear on the difference between growth stocks and blue chips, or market timing and risk parity – with this handy guide explaining different investment types in terms of the type of football offensive scheme they most resemble:

Hat tip to Reformed Broker for the ‘decoding’ idea, and Wikipedia for the list of football offenses.

Happy Superbowl to everyone, make sure to keep an eye out of E-Trade’s rule-breaking ads during the game.