Financial Management
Instructor: Sir. QASIM
Assignment: 1
Degree: Msc. hrm
Semester: 2nd
DEFINE THE FOLLOWING:
MARKET:
A market is a place where buyers and sellers can meet to facilitate the exchange or
transaction of goods and services.
TYPES OF MARKETS:
There are several types of markets. Few are as follow:
Physical Markets
Non Physical Markets/Virtual markets
Auction Market
Market for Intermediate Goods,
Black Market
Knowledge Market
Financial Market
PRIMARY MARKET:
The primary market is where securities are created. It's in this market that firms sell
(float) new stocks and bonds to the public for the first time. An initial public offering, or IPO,
is an example of a primary market
SECONDARY MARKET:
The secondary market is where investors buy and sell securities they already own. It is
what most people typically think of as the "stock market," though stocks are also sold on the
primary market when they are first issued.
MONEY MARKET:
The money market refers to trading in very short-term debt investments. At the
wholesale level, it involves large-volume trades between institutions and traders. At the retail
level, it includes money market mutual funds bought by individual investors and money
market accounts opened by bank customers.
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CAPITAL MARKET:
The money market refers to trading in very short-term debt investments. At the
wholesale level, it involves large-volume trades between institutions and traders. At the retail
level, it includes money market mutual funds bought by individual investors and money
market accounts opened by bank customers.
Third Market:
A Third market consists of trading conducted by non-exchange member broker-dealers
and institutional investors of exchange-listed stocks.
In other words, the third market involves exchange-listed securities that are being traded
over-the-counter between broker-dealers and large institutional investors
Fourth Market:
The Fourth market refers to a market where securities trade directly between
institutions on a private, over-the-counter (OTC) computer network, rather than over a
recognized exchange such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or National Association for
securities dealers Automated Quatations (NASDAQ).
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