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प्रश्न
Answer in brief.
State any four functions of the financial market.
उत्तर
A financial market is a place where financial instruments or assets are exchanged or bought and sold. Financial markets help to mobilize savings and convert them into investments. They also attract funds from investors and channel them to corporations.
The functions of the financial market are as follows:
- Mobilisation of Savings and Channeling them into the most Productive Uses: A financial market facilitates the transfer of savings from savers to investors. It gives savers the choice of different investments and thus helps to channel surplus funds into the most productive use.
- Transfer of Resources: Financial market facilitates the transfer of real economic resources from lenders to ultimate users.
- Capital Formation: Capital formation is the net addition to the existing stock of an economy's capital. The financial market provides a channel through which savings flow to industrial and commercial organizations in the form of capital. This leads to capital formation.
- Facilitating Price Discovery: Forces of demand and supply help to establish a price for a commodity or service in the market. In the financial market, households are suppliers of funds and business firms represent the demand. The interaction between them helps to establish a price for the financial asset which is being traded in that particular market.
- Sale Mechanism: Financial market provides a mechanism for selling a financial asset by an investor so as to offer the benefit of marketability and liquidity of such assets.
- Liquidity: Financial market provides a mechanism for liquidating the financial instruments, i.e., at any given time, the investor can sell these instruments and convert them into cash. It is an important factor for investors who do not want to invest for a long period.
- Reducing the Cost of Transactions: Financial markets provide valuable information about securities being traded in the market. It helps to save time, effort, and money that both buyers and sellers of a financial asset would have to otherwise spend to try and find each other. The financial market is thus, a common platform where buyers and sellers can meet to fulfilling their individual needs.
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Distinguish between money market and capital market.
Distinguish between Primarymarket and Secondary Market.
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1) Name the function being performed by the market in the above case.
2) Also. explain briefly three other functions performed by this market.
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1)Name the function being performed by the market in the above case.
2) Also, explain three other functions performed by this market.
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State, with reasons, whether the following statements are True or False
The financial market contributes towards the nation's economic growth and development.
Distinguish between the following.
Money market and Capital market.
What are the functions of Financial Market?
Match the pairs :
| Group "A" | Group "B" | ||
| 1. | Private placement | a. | Recurring Deposit |
| 2. | N.S.D.L | b. | Dividend |
| 3. | Overdraft facility | c. | Evidence of deposit |
| 4. | Deposit receipt | d. | Interest |
| 5. | Returns on share | e. | Depository out of India |
| f. | A public company collecting capital privately |
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| g. | Depository in India | ||
| h. | Evidence of ownership | ||
| i. | A private company collecting capital privately |
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| j. | Current account |
Write a word or a term or a phrase which can substitute the following statement :
A definite promise in writing from a buyer for paying the amount on a specific Date.
What is financial market? And what is its role?
PRIMARY MARKET SECONDARY MARKET
Answer the following question.
How does Financial Market facilitate the 'Price Discovery' of financial assets?
Select the correct answer from the options given below and rewrite the statement.
A financial market is a market in which people trade _____________ and derivatives at low transaction costs.
Select the correct answer from the options given below and rewrite the statement.
____________ is the market for borrowing and lending long term capital required by business enterprises.
Write a word or a term or a phrase which can substitute the following statement.
A market where people trade financial securities and derivatives at low transaction cost
State whether the following statement is true or false
A Financial Market is a market in which people trade financial securities and derivatives at high transaction costs.
Explain the following term/concept.
Financial market
Explain the following term/concept.
Capital market
Distinguish between the following.
Primary market and Secondary market
Answer the following question
State the features of capital market.
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What are the functions of a financial market?
Match the FUNCTIONS of Financial Markets in Column I with their correct MEANING in Column II
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (a) | Allocated Function | (i) | Establish a price for the financial asset through interaction between house-holds and business firms. |
| (b) | Facilitating Price Discovery | (ii) | Easy purchase and sale of financial assets. |
| (c) | Financial Assets Liquidity | (iii) | Mobilization of savings and channelising them into the most productive use. |
Which of the following statements is false regarding financial market?
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Match the pairs:
| Group 'A' | Group 'B' |
| (a) Investment in debenture | (1) Deals with acquisition and use of capital. |
| (b) Financial market | (2) Must inform the stock exchange about dividend declaration. |
| (c) Price of shares mentioned in the prospectus | (3) Trading of financial securities |
| (d) Corporate finance | (4) Safe and secure investment |
| (e) Listed company | (5) Must inform the government about dividend declaration |
| (6) Fixed price issue method | |
| (7) Risky investment | |
| (8) Trading of commodities. | |
| (9) Deals with acquisition and use of assets. | |
| (10) Book-Building Method. |
Match the various terms of Financial Markets Column - I with their respective Statements in Column - II
| Column - I | Column - II | ||
| a. | Financial market | i | It is also known as the Stock market |
| b. | Primary market | ii | It is a market for creation and exchange of financial assets. |
| c. | Secondary market | iii | It is also known as New issue market |
What is meant by the financial market?
Study the following case/situation and express your opinion.
| Jack & Jones, a newly incorporated organization wants to raise capital for the first time by issuing equity shares. |
- Should it go for Primary Market or the Secondary Market?
- What will be the issue of equity shares by Jack & Jones called?
______ market where the company trades shares for the first time.
Distinguish between:
Primary Market and Secondary Market
