Financial Markets

Commodity Markets
1. Commodities
  1. Beef
  2. Oil
  3. Cotton
  4. Wheat
  5. Iron
  6. Aluminium
  7. Uranium
  8. Gold
    1. Safe Haven Asset
      1. Post GFC demand increase (price increase)
      2. Bought by banks
      3. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) for gold created
    2. Purchased when Inflation high and Interest rates low
    3. Less valuable when economy improves
Stock markets
1. Allows companies to raise capital
Money markets
1. Trading debt securities
  1. Corporate bonds
  2. Government bonds
  3. Euromarkets
  4. open market operations
Foreign exchange markets
1. Spot FX rates
2. FX market regimes
3. FX determinants
4. 24 hour market
5. FX risk
Financial Institutions
1. Commercial Banks
2. Investment Banks
3. Fund managers
4. Retail investors
5. Insurance companies
6. Broking houses
7. Regulatory authorities
Derivatives
1. Value derived from underlying asset (spot market)
2. Make money from expectations of price movements
3. Used to hedge risks of underlying asset exposure

Resource summary

	Created by Vhia Rose about 11 years ago