Financial market is where financial securities like stocks
and bonds and commodities like valuable metals are exchanged at efficient market prices. The trading of stocks and bonds in thefinancial market can take directy between buyers and sellers or by medium of stock exchange. Financial market can be domestic or international. TYPES OF FINANCIAL MARKET
Capital Market Commodity Market
Money Market Derivatives Market
Foreign Exchange Markets
MONEY MARKET
Money market is a centre for dealing mainly of
01 a short term character, in monetary assets:it meets the short - term requirement of the borrowers and provide liquidity or cash to lenders Money market become a component of 02 the financial markets for assets involved in shorts term borrowing, lending, buying and selling with original maturities of one year or less.
The central banks, commercial banks, Co-
03 operative banks, saving banks discount houses etc. are the main constitutes. FUNCTION OF MONEY MARKET
Transfer of large sums of
money.
Transfer from parties with surplus
funds to parties with a deficit.
Help to implement monetary
Policy.
Allow government to raise Funds.
CAPITAL MARKET
Generally understood as the market for long
01 term funds . However, also includes the market for short term funds.
Capital market is the market for all the
02 financial instrumeents , short term and long-term as also commercial, industrial and government paper.
it consists of a number of individual and
03 institution that canalize the supply and demand for long-term capital and claims on capital. CONSTITUENTS OF CAPITAL MARKET
Stock Exchange Commercial Banks
Co-operative banks Saving Banks
Developed banks Insurance Companies
Investment trust or companies FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET
Fem or FX or currency market is a global
01 decentralized market for the trading of currencies.
The Main partipants in this market are the
02 largest international banks.
The FEM is the most liquid financial
03 market in the market COMMODITY MARKET
Commodity market refrs to markets
01 that trade in primary rather than manufactured products.
02 Commodity market can include
physical trading and derivatives trading using spot prices, forwards, futures, and options on futures. DERIVATIVE MARKET
01 Derivative market is the financial market for
derivatives, financial instruments like futures contracts or options which are derives from other forms of assets. Exchanged-traded derivatives