Financial Markets and Institutions

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Students should know: • the structure and objectives of the financial market; • the structure of financial market and the contents of financial assets; • basic concepts, functions and tools of the financial market: securities, currency, loans, precious metals and precious stones; • understand the challenges of uncertain environment of financial markets, assess them and take appropriate financial and investment decisions. Following the Financial News boxes introduce students to relevant news articles and data reported in financial news sources and explain how to read them.

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Market for short-term borrowing and lending of funds. Participants include banks, corporations, and governments. Money market instruments have high liquidity and short maturities, such as Treasury bills and commercial paper. BAKLANOVA, VIKTORIA, and JOSEPH TANEGA. "MONEY MARKET FUNDS AFTER THE ONSET OF THE CRISIS." After the Crash: Financial Crises and Regulatory Responses, edited by Sharyn O’Halloran and Thomas Groll, Columbia University Press, 2019, pp.341–59, JSTOR 10.7312/ohal19284.25. For example, Apple started in a garage in California. While it had some great ideas, it needed money to make them happen. Law, Johnathan (2016). "Pegging". A dictionary of business and management. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199684984. OCLC 950964886. Obstfeld, M.; Taylor, A.M. (2005). Global Capital Markets: Integration, Crisis, and Growth. Japan-US Center UFJ Bank Monographs on International Financial Markets. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-67179-8. LCCN 2004051477.Financial markets attract funds from investors and channels them to corporations—they thus allow corporations to finance their operations and achieve growth. Money markets allow firms to borrow funds on a short-term basis, while capital markets allow corporations to gain long-term funding to support expansion (known as maturity transformation).

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Financial markets enable the determination of market prices for financial assets. Through the forces of supply and demand, prices reflect the collective assessment of market participants regarding the value and future prospects of assets. Price discovery helps investors make informed decisions and facilitates fair valuation of investments. Risk Management and Hedging Transfer of resources: Financial markets facilitate the transfer of real economic resources from lenders to ultimate borrowers. There is one item of coursework for this module which contributes to the final assessment mark for this module. Thanks to Daniel’s insightful questions, we’ve had an opportunity today to explore some of the crucial challenges that we will confront in the near-term future, about which we must make sometimes-difficult decisions that will shape our long-term future. Not just for the strength of our economy, but for the character of our society, let us hope that our policymakers and the public will resolve to make the difficult choices now that will forestall even more drastic choices later.

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Market for buying, selling, and renting properties such as land, residential homes, and commercial buildings. Real estate markets involve transactions, investments, and the development of physical properties. However, the extent to which this shift occurs will depend on a number of factors — including the ability of young economies to realize their demographic advantages, and the adaptability of aging economies to cope with their declining working-age populations.