Market: Difference between revisions

From ACT Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
imported>Doug Williamson
(Add links.)
imported>Doug Williamson
(Add 2nd & 3rd definitions. Sources: linked pages.)
Line 1: Line 1:
1. ''Markets generally.''
A place or structure (physical or virtual) where buyers and sellers  (directly or through intermediaries) trade goods, services, information, contracts or financial instruments.
A place or structure (physical or virtual) where buyers and sellers  (directly or through intermediaries) trade goods, services, information, contracts or financial instruments.
Markets may be closely regulated, or relatively unregulated.
An example of a regulated market - as defined by the markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) - is the London Stock Exchange.
2. ''Market segmentation.''
A subset of any other market.
For example, considering an agricultural commodity, the wholesale and retail markets for that commodity.
3. ''Integration and holistic perspectives on markets.''
A market may also be a broader concept, including two or more other markets.
For example, the corporate debt market includes both the bond market and the loan market.




Line 5: Line 26:
== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[24/7]]
* [[24/7]]
* [[Alternative Investment Market]] (AIM)
* [[Black market]]
* [[Capital market]]
* [[Capital market]]
* [[Cash market]]
* [[Cash market]]
* [[Commodity]]
* [[Debt capital market]] (DCM)
* [[Deep market]]
* [[Demand]]
* [[Demand]]
* [[Efficient market]]
* [[Efficient market]]
* [[Efficient market hypothesis]] (EMH)
* [[Emerging market]]
* [[Equity market]]
* [[Ethics]]
* [[Ethics]]
* [[Financial markets]]
* [[Financial markets]]
* [[Forward market]]
* [[Free market]]
* [[Free market]]
* [[Grey market]]
* [[Liquid market]]
* [[London Stock Exchange]]
* [[Market abuse]]
* [[Market environment matrix]] (MEM)
* [[Market maker]]
* [[Market mechanism]]
* [[Market mechanism]]
* [[Market price]]
* [[Market risk]]
* [[Market taker]]
* [[Market value]]
* [[MiFID]]
* [[Money market]]
* [[Money market]]
* [[Off-market]]
* [[Off-market]]
* [[Primary market]]
* [[Product Market Matrix]] (PMM)
* [[Regulated market]]
* [[Regulation]]
* [[Regulation]]
* [[Retail]]
* [[Retail]]
* [[Secondary market]]
* [[Segmentation]]
* [[Single Market]]
* [[Spot market]]
* [[Supply]]
* [[Supply]]
* [[Wholesale]]
* [[Wholesale]]

Revision as of 09:40, 3 June 2021

1. Markets generally.

A place or structure (physical or virtual) where buyers and sellers (directly or through intermediaries) trade goods, services, information, contracts or financial instruments.


Markets may be closely regulated, or relatively unregulated.

An example of a regulated market - as defined by the markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) - is the London Stock Exchange.


2. Market segmentation.

A subset of any other market.

For example, considering an agricultural commodity, the wholesale and retail markets for that commodity.


3. Integration and holistic perspectives on markets.

A market may also be a broader concept, including two or more other markets.

For example, the corporate debt market includes both the bond market and the loan market.


See also