FINANCIAL MARKETS: A market that trades financial assets. Financial assets are the legal claims on the real assets in our economy and include such notable items as corporate stocks and bonds, government securities, and money. Without financial markets our economy would find it almost impossible to accumulate the funds needed for investment in big, expensive capital projects. See also | financial asset | legal claims | corporate stock | government security | stock market | money | commodity exchange | futures | option | foreign exchange market | capital | investment | circular flow | factor markets | product markets | interest rate | rate of return | yield |
