PURPOSES:
Financial market facilitate; 1. Raising of capital 2. Transfer of risk 3. International trade
HOW FINANCIAL MARKET WORKS: Borrower: issue a receipt to lender promising to payback the capital Receipts: securities which may be freely bought and sold. Lender:will expect some compensation in the form of interest or dividends in return.
TYPES OF FINANCIAL MARKET: 1. Capital market: -stock markets: which providing financing through the issuance of shares or common stock, and enable subsequent trading. -bond market: which provide financing through issuance of bonds, enable subsequent trading.
2. Commodity markets: which facilitate the trading of commodities 3. Money markets: which provide short term debt financing and investments. 4. Derivative markets: which provide instruments for the management of financial risk. 5. Insurance markets: which facilitate redistribution of various risk 6. Foreign exchange markets: which facilitate the trading of foreign exchange.
CONCLUSION: Thus financial market: 1. Acts as a backbone of financial structure of any country 2. Acts as a inference between prospective buyers and sellers 3. Improves overall business liquidity 4. Helps in raising capital and international trade.
1. Direct Finance * Borrowers borrow directly from lenders in financial markets by selling financialinstruments which are claims on the borrower’s future income or assets 2. Indirect Finance * Borrowers borrow indirectly from lenders via financial intermediaries (established to source both loanable funds and loan opportunities) by issuing