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In economics a financial market is a mechanism which allows people to trade money for securities or commodities such as gold or other precious metals. In general, any commodity market might be considered to be a financial market, if the usual purpose of traders is not the immediate consumption of the commodity, but rather as a means of delaying or accelerating consumption over time. Financial markets are affected by forces of supply and demand, and allocate resources over time through a price mechanism such as the interest rate. Typically financial markets use a market making or a bid and ask process. Both general markets, where many commodities are traded and specialised markets (where only one commodity is traded) exist. Markets work by placing many interested sellers in one "place", thus making them easier to find for prospective buyers. An economy which relies primarily on interactions between buyers and sellers to allocate resources is known as a market economy in contrast either to a command economy or to a non-market economy that is based, such as a gift economy. In Finance, Financial markets facilitate... * The raising of capital (in the capital markets); * The transfer of risk (in the derivatives markets); and * International trade (in the currency markets). They are used to match those who want capital to those who have it. Typically a borrower issues a receipt to the lender promising to pay back the capital. These receipts are securities which may be freely bought or sold. In return for lending money to the borrower, the lender will expect some compensation in the form of interest or dividends. DefinitionThe term Financial markets can be a cause of much confusion. Financial markets could mean: 1. Organisations that facilitate the trade in financial products. i.e. Stock exchanges facilitate the trade in stocks, bonds and warrants. 2. The coming together of buyers and sellers to trade financial products. i.e. stocks and shares are traded between buyers and sellers in a number of ways including: the use of stock exchanges; directly between buyers and sellers etc. In academia, students of finance will use both meanings but students of economics will only use the second meaning. Financial markets can be domestic or they can be international. Types of financial marketsThe financial markets can be divided into different subtypes: * Capital markets which consist of: o Stock markets, which provide financing through the issuance of shares or common stock, and enable the subsequent trading thereof. o Bond markets, which provide financing through the issuance of Bonds, and enable the subsequent trading thereof. * Commodity markets, which facilitate the trading of commodities. * Money markets, which provide short term debt financing and investment. * Derivatives markets, which provide instruments for the management of financial risk. o Futures markets, which provide standardised forward contracts for trading products at some future date; see also forward market. * Insurance markets, which facilitate the redistribution of various risks. * Foreign exchange markets, which facilitate the trading of foreign exchange. The capital markets consist of primary markets and secondary markets. Newly formed (issued) securities are bought or sold in primary markets. Secondary markets allow investors to sell securities that they hold or buy existing securities. Copyright 2008 - France BtoB from Wikipédia
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