Day: October 9, 2021

Capital market instruments These are debt and equity instruments which have maturities greater than one year. They have far wider price fluctuations than money market instruments and are considered to be fairly risky investments. The most common capital market instruments Read More …

Financial instruments The following are some of the most common instruments in use today Money market instruments They are short-term dated securities. Because of their short terms to maturity, they undergo the least price fluctuations and are therefore the least Read More …

FINANCIAL MARKETS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS Financial markets Financial market are institutions or arrangements that facilitate the exchange of financial assets, including deposits and loans, corporate stocks and bonds, government bonds, and more exotic instruments such as options and Read More …

Physical properties of money The following are properties which make a commodity a good choice to serve as money: i. Money should be portable ii. Money should be divisible iii. Money should be durable iv. Money should be of recognizable Read More …

MONEY AND BANKS INTRODUCTION Money and banking are two subjects closely intertwined with our daily lives and with the very day functioning of our economy. On atypical day, you encounter money and banks in many firms like from the obvious Read More …