The Perils of the Immediacy Trap and Why we can and cannot do without it
February 12, 2025
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A market is a place where two parties are involved in transaction of goods and services in exchange of money. The two parties involved are:
In a market the buyer and seller comes on a common platform, where buyer purchases goods and services from the seller in exchange of money.
A place where individuals are involved in any kind of financial transaction refers to financial market. Financial market is a platform where buyers and sellers are involved in sale and purchase of financial products like shares, mutual funds, bonds and so on.
Let us go through the various types of financial market:
A market where individuals invest for a longer duration i.e. more than a year is called as capital market. In a capital market various financial institutions raise money from individuals and invest it for a longer period.
Capital Market is further divided into:
Commodity market like any other market includes a buyer and a seller. In such a market buyer purchases raw products like rice, wheat, grain, cattle and so on from the seller at a mutually agreed rate.
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