The Perils of the Immediacy Trap and Why we can and cannot do without it
February 12, 2025
Money laundering is a heinous crime. Although it does not directly lead to loss of human lives, it allows money to reach the hands of wrong individuals. The proceeds from money laundering end up in the hands of gangsters, warlords, drug dealers and terror groups. No financial institutions would want to enable such transactions. However, […]
The Price Earnings Growth (PEG) Ratio is one of the first variations that were made to the Price to Earnings Ratio to make it more meaningful. The full form of the PEG Ratio is Price Earnings Growth ratio. Instead of being a two way comparison between price and earnings, the PEG ratio makes a three […]
When we think about investment banks, as well as the activities that they undertake, we tend to think about initial public offerings, debt syndication, and other such activities that are very visible to the public eye. However, the reality is that a lot of investments that are routed via investment banks are actually private placements. […]
Scenario analysis is at the heart of financial modeling. In fact, in many cases, a financial model is created solely so that the management is able to conduct scenario analysis before they can arrive at a decision. This article will provide more information about scenario analysis and its application in the financial modeling domain. What […]
Why Investment is Important ? Every individual needs to put some part of his income into something which would benefit him in the long run. Investment is essential as unavoidable circumstances can arise anytime and anywhere. One needs to invest money into something which would guarantee maximum returns with minimum risks in future. Money saved […]
A market is a place where two parties are involved in transaction of goods and services in exchange of money. The two parties involved are:
In a market the buyer and seller comes on a common platform, where buyer purchases goods and services from the seller in exchange of money.
A place where individuals are involved in any kind of financial transaction refers to financial market. Financial market is a platform where buyers and sellers are involved in sale and purchase of financial products like shares, mutual funds, bonds and so on.
Let us go through the various types of financial market:
A market where individuals invest for a longer duration i.e. more than a year is called as capital market. In a capital market various financial institutions raise money from individuals and invest it for a longer period.
Capital Market is further divided into:
Commodity market like any other market includes a buyer and a seller. In such a market buyer purchases raw products like rice, wheat, grain, cattle and so on from the seller at a mutually agreed rate.
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