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Cash marketsAlso called spot markets, these are markets that involve the immediate delivery of a security or instrument. Related: Derivative markets.Cash markets Similar MatchesPerfectly competitive financial marketsPerfectly competitive financial marketsMarkets in which no trader has the power to change the price of goods or services. Perfect capital markets are characterized by certain conditions: (1) Trading is costless, and access to the financial markets is free; (2)information about borrowing and lending opportunities is freely available; and (3) there are many traders, and no single trader can have a significant impact on market prices. EuromarketsEuromarketsThe markets in which eurocurrencies are traded, the largest being London. Open marketsOpen marketsMarkets that are free of restrictions on who can buy and sell. Emerging marketsEmerging marketsThe stock markets of countries which have a low per head income compared with the developed world but which nevertheless have functioning stock exchanges.For Western investors, emerging markets attract because the potential for rapid economic growth in emerging market countries is better than in more mature markets. However, the risks, both economic and political, are high.One way to get exposure to emerging markets is through a unit or investment trusts that specialises in this type of investment. Emerging Markets Free index (EMF)Emerging Markets Free index (EMF)A Morgan Stanley Capital International index created to track stock markets in selected emerging markets that are open to foreign investment like Argentina, Chile, Jordan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, and Thailand. Further SuggestionsNegotiated marketsAuction markets Emerging markets fund Securities markets Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Global Index Efficient markets theory(EMT) Free capital markets |
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