Financial Markets

Financial Markets

1. Commodity Markets

   • Commodities
     • Beef
     • Oil
     • Cotton
     • Wheat
     • Iron
     • Aluminium
     • Uranium
     • Gold
       • Safe Haven Asset
         • Post GFC demand increase (price increase)
         • Bought by banks
         • Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) for gold created
       • Purchased when Inflation high and Interest rates low
       • Less valuable when economy improves

2. Stock markets

   • Allows companies to raise capital

3. Money markets

   • Trading debt securities
     • Corporate bonds
     • Government bonds
     • Euromarkets
     • open market operations

4. Foreign exchange markets

   • Spot FX rates
   • FX market regimes
   • FX determinants
   • 24 hour market
   • FX risk

5. Financial Institutions

   • Commercial Banks
   • Investment Banks
   • Fund managers
   • Retail investors
   • Insurance companies
   • Broking houses
   • Regulatory authorities

6. Derivatives

   • Value derived from underlying asset (spot market)
   • Make money from expectations of price movements
   • Used to hedge risks of underlying asset exposure

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