Mastering Blockchain - Second Edition

Financial markets and trading

Financial markets enable trading of financial securities such as bonds, equities, derivatives and currencies. There are broadly three types of markets: money markets, credit markets, and capital markets:

• Money markets: These are short-term markets where money is lent to companies or banks to do interbank lending. Foreign exchange or FX is another category of money markets where currencies are traded.
• Credit markets: These consist mostly of retail banks where they borrow money from central banks and loan it to companies or households in the form of mortgages or loans.
• Capital markets: These facilitate the buying and selling of financial instruments, mainly stocks and bonds. Capital markets can be divided into ...