the various institutions concerned with raising funds and sharing and insuring risks; it includes banks, insurance markets, bond markets, and the stock market
Capital market is the broad term for the market where investment products such as stocks and bonds are bought and sold It includes all the people and organizations which support the process
The market for buying and selling long-term loanable funds such as bonds and mortgages The market for short-term funds is typically referred to as the money market
The market in which corporate equity and longer-term debt securities (those maturing in more than one year) are issued and traded [FRBC][FRBM][FRBSF] (see also debt, securities)
A market, for example in a stock exchange, through which funds are obtained for investment A potential bidder will often need to obtain financial backing in a capital market before making a major bid in a privatisation
The universe of publicly traded securities, including stocks, Treasury and agency bonds, mortgage-related securities, corporate and municipal fixed-income securities and money-market instruments worldwide
The financial market for buying and selling long-term investments (those with maturities of greater than one year), such as mortgages, Treasury bonds, and certificates of deposit
the various institutions concerned with raising funds and sharing and insuring risks, including banks, insurance markets, bond markets, and the stock market
Long-term borrowed funds and equity capital are negotiated on the capital market Via this market private businesses and public authorities accrue a large part of the capital needed to finance their investments and other expenditure These parties seeking capital acquire long-term money by taking out long-term loans and non-bonded loans with the banks and through the issue of bonds, shares, debentures, convertibles and option loans In essence the capital market is fed by savings from private households with the banks, but also from the funds of the insurance companies, who can lend their money for longer periods at reduced rates of interest, as well as from foreign investors A distinction is drawn between the organized capital market of the banks and exchanges, on which shares and fixed-interest securities are traded, and the unorganized, 'grey' capital market Here capital transactions are processed without the involvement of banks and exchanges