Capital markets are markets "where people, companies, and governments with more funds than they need (because they save some of their income) transfer those funds to people, companies, or governments who have a shortage of funds (because they spend more than their income)" (Woepking, ¶3). The two major capital markets are stock and bond markets. Capital markets promote economic efficiency by moving funds from those who do not have an immediate need for it to those who do. Individuals or companies will put money at risk if the return on the intended investment is greater than the return of holding risk-free assets. An example of this would be those that invest in real estate or purchase stocks and bonds. Those that invest want the stock, bond, or real estate to grow in value or appreciate. An example of this concept would be if an individual or company invested an amount saved over the course of a year. While investing may be riskier, these individuals hope that the investment will yield a greater return than leaving the money in a savings account drawing nominal interest. In this example the companies that issue the stocks or bonds have spending needs that exceed their income so the company will finance their spending needs by issuing securities in the capital markets. This is a method of direct finance because the "companies borrowed directly by issuing securities to investors in the capital markets" (Woepking, ¶5).
The United States financial system has several complexities, and it is impacted by various environmental factors such as the economy and federal regulations. Some of the major components in the U.S. financial system include financial markets and the U.S. Federal Reserve. As one of the major elements of the U.S. financial system, financial markets have considerable impacts on the economy, businesses, and individuals. Financial markets can basically be described as platforms where companies in an economy access capital to expand or hedge their risks. Generally, these markets help to efficiently guide the flow of investments and savings in the economy is a manner that promotes the collection of capital and the production of goods and/or services.
Dating back to the initial creation of the stock market, trading has always been a popular form of business in the economic society. Trading stocks is something that is practiced by people all over the world. Surprisingly, though it has always been one of the most popular ways to invest money, many people still don’t understand how it works. Some compare investing in the stock market almost as gambling money. A stock, depending on the amount of shares, is a portion of a public company. With owning that small percentage of the company, ones success in the market depends solely on the success of the company. The stock market is a financial market where brokers meet to buy and sell stocks. As a result to the popularity of investing in the stock market for many people, the country’s economy has lived and died by the markets production. Therefore, when the stock market has crashed in the past, the country as a whole takes a very
...ate common risk shared by all securities in the market. The 2008 global financial crisis illustrates the power of market risk.
A financial crisis can be described as a specific situation in which a company, business or production firm loses the value of its assets rapidly and enormously leading to low cost of the assets. In addition, during a financial crisis the value of financial institutions also becomes relatively low in such a way that they cannot efficiently carry out their financial roles within an economy. As a result, financial crisis is usually concomitant to a panic or a run on the available banks so as to salvage the few assets that might not be affected by the financial crisis. Moreover, in an event of a financial crisis, the supply of money often overwhelms the demand thus creating a huge deficit in the money market.
Have you ever invested in the stock market? If so, do you know where your money is really going? The stock market is a risky business and it can make or break people’s lives. The stock market is used to daily to keep America on its trembling feet; it’s also being used at this very moment to cheat people out of money for personal gain. This happens every day in the stock market and its evolving rapidly, super computers that can trade faster than a blink of an eye, social media trends that can predict share values, and intricate stock market schemes that are getting harder and harder to find and take down. While the stock market keeps the world turning and the economy steady, the stock market is also being used in manipulative ways that are not always legal.
Markets and Society
In his famous book, The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith descried the free market system as a self-regulating mechanism, which maximizes society’s wealth and well-being. Indeed, since the time of Adam Smith, the free market has been an incredibly successful system for improving society. This can be attributed to an increase in overall wealth, innovation, and efficient resource allocation. Unfortunately, the market system also suffered numerous drawbacks, the most important being the inequality and the inequality of opportunity which the system created.
Ritter, Lawrence R., Silber, William L., Udell, Gregory F. 2000, Money, banking, and Financial Markets, 10th edn, USA.
The financial market of the United States impacts many levels of the economy, businesses, and individuals. As you can see it is like a pyramid businesses and individuals are affected by the economy and how it stands within the market.
The stock market is an essential part of a free-market economy, such as America’s. This is because it provides companies the capital they need in exchange for giving away small parts of ownership in their company to investors. The stock market works by letting different companies sell stocks to gain capital, meaning they sell shares of their company through an exchange system in order to make more money. Stocks represent a small amount of ownership in a company. The more stocks a person owns, the more ownership they have of that company. Stocks also represent shares in a company, which are equal parts in which the company’s capital is divided, entitling a shareholder to a portion of the company’s profits. Lastly, all of the buying and selling of stocks happens at an exchange. An exchange is a system or market in which stocks can be bought and sold within or between countries. All of these aspects together create the stock market.