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  money market - Encyclopedia.com
The money market is, therefore, different from the capital market, which is concerned with medium- and long-term credit.
The transactions that occur on the money market involve not only banknotes but assets that can be turned into cash at short notice, such as short-term government securities and bills of exchange.
Though the details and mechanism of the money market vary greatly from country to country, in all cases its basic function is to enable those with surplus short-term funds to lend and those with the need for short-term credit to borrow.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1B1-372450.html   (498 words)

  
  Money market - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The money market is the financial market for short-term borrowing and lending, typically up to one year.
In the money markets, banks lend to and borrow from each other, short-term financial instruments such as certificates of deposit (CDs) or enter into agreements such as repurchase agreements (repos).
Money market derivatives include forward rate agreements (FRAs) and short-term interest rate futures.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Money_market   (338 words)

  
 MONEY - LoveToKnow Article on MONEY
The position of money as the medium of exchange introduces a further novel feature; for the market in its case is world-wide and the demand is unceasing; money is consequently in a constant state of supply and demand.
That the material of money shall be the same throughout, so that one unit shall be equal in value to another, is a further desideratum, which is as decidedly lacking in cattle-currency as it is prominent in the metals.
The limitations are evidently required to prevent the expulsion of standard money, and to avoid the flooding of the circulation with coinage that is not needed for the purpose of the limited exchanges to which it is confined.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MO/MONEY.htm   (21106 words)

  
 Democracy and Globalisation - John Ralston Saul - The International Money Market
We were told that money had become something new, it was now a trade item, it wasn't an inflationary activity.
The reality is that the more the money market grows, the more the banks grow and merge, the less service of the type Hume and Smith who described it, the less service they give.
And yet those international money markets are not inevitable, they're just the result of public passivity.
abc.net.au /specials/saul/ninth.htm   (563 words)

  
 MARKETS 1001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The money market is the inner temple of international banking, and CHIPS, the invisible market, records the real world market to be some $222 trillion plus - tying international markets and inter-nation economies into the stock market scramble, by the reign of the computer.
The global market, and the international market, are confused in many people's minds, with all the recent hoop-la. Though these are one market, they are two distinct markets in the reality of intellectual context.
The global market is the real G.N.P. trade market of the world, and the international market is the combination of real and fictitious international capital market transactions interacting in the global market.
www.midcoast.com /~gillespi/markets.htm   (2732 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL MARKET INSIGHT: MONEY ORDERING IN RUSSIA
Money ordering in Russia is currently entering a new phase of serious competition.
According to the article published in “Kompania” journal (as of October 6, 2003), the market for money transfers in Russia is estimated at USD 10 billion.
Thus WU is the first international company to capture the local, all Russian, money transfer market.
www.bisnis.doc.gov /bisnis/bisdoc/0402moneytransfers.htm   (2437 words)

  
 Mises, The Theory of Money and Credit, Part IV, Chapters 21-23: Library of Economics and Liberty
It furthermore contributed considerably to the disintegration of the international division of labor.
The most amazing fact about this argument is that it was raised precisely in debtor countries for which the operation of the international money and capital market meant an inflow of foreign funds and consequently the appearance of a tendency toward a drop in interest rates.
The exchange rate that prevails on the market at this juncture is to be promulgated as the new legal parity between the rur and either gold or the dollar.
www.econlib.org /library/Mises/msT9.html   (15970 words)

  
 The ABCs of the Foreign Exchange Market
The spot market is for immediate exchange of currencies, although immediate means two-day settlement, except in the case of North America where the settlement is one day after the commitment.
This market, which accounts for 50 percent of the foreign exchange market, sets the tone for the daily activities of the market, but buyers and sellers may be exposed to foreign exchange risk.
Speculators act under the conviction that the market is wrong, while central banks wish to alter the exchange rate of their currency, either up or down.
www.sba.oakland.edu /econpage/newsletters/IEL39TX2.HTM   (2552 words)

  
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Lenders and borrowers in the money market Financial and non-financial institutions flip-flop their positions as lender and borrowers frequently in money market.
Money market is one of the most efficient markets in the world.
The center of the international money market is the Euro-currency market.
www.geocities.com /ckn_007/Fin6600Ch10.doc   (811 words)

  
 RMS Republic - Foreign Exchange Market, 1909
If there is a strong demand for foreign money its price goes up, and that of the local money goes down, and if there is a great supply of foreign money coming to be sold, the movement is the other way.
is merely a question of the price of money in one place, as expressed in the same money in another, with fluctuations governed by supply and demand and limited by the cost of sending money from place to place.
Reality of international transfers - Under the conditions which existed in the international money market between 1863 and 1913, the only transfer of funds between London and New York which affected banking reserves was the shipment of gold.
www.rms-republic.com /foreign_exchange.html   (1087 words)

  
 Money Market: Conclusion
The money market specializes in debt securities that mature in less than one year.
Money market securities are very liquid, and are considered very safe.
The easiest way for individuals to gain access to the money market is through a money market mutual fund.
www.investopedia.com /university/moneymarket/moneymarket8.asp   (374 words)

  
 Money Market Fund (Russell.com)
The Money Market Fund seeks to achieve its objective by active security selection consistent with its daily assessment of market and credit risks.
An investment in a money market fund is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency.
Although a money market fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in a money market fund.
www.russell.com /us/investment_products/russell_funds/money_market.asp   (593 words)

  
 End of Ordinary Money, Part II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Money laundering is said to be the "process by which one conceals the existence, illegal source, or illegal application of income, and then disguises that income to make it appear legitimate" (emphasis added) [7].
This is a largely interbank market for trading the currency of one country for the currency of another: dollars for pounds, dollars for yen, and so on.
Money launderers, for example, currently get about 20 percent of the value of money that is made anonymous.
www.aci.net /kalliste/money2.htm   (9091 words)

  
 Democracy and Globalisation - John Ralston Saul - The International Money Market   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Hume: "money is not properly speaking one of the subjects of commerce but only the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for the other.
The reality is that the more the money market grows, the more the banks grow and merge, the less service of the type Hume and Smith who described it, the less service they give.
And in fact the growth of the international money market is one of the principal objects blocking our economies, blocking our societies, impoverishing our societies.
origin.abc.net.au /specials/saul/ninth.htm   (563 words)

  
 Could yields for money market fund see 6 percent? - International Business Times -
Some retail money market funds are on the verge of cracking 5 percent returns, and experts suspect 6 percent might not be far behind.
Money funds, on the other hand, focus strictly on the short term and might be in a better position to pay even higher yields if the Fed continues to raise interest rates.
Even if the fed funds rate isn't hiked at every meeting, money market funds, which generally lag CDs because of the liquidity factor and the expense ratio, are already running neck and neck with some of the top-yielding CDs.
www.ibtimes.com /articles/20060707/yields-money-market-fund.htm   (937 words)

  
 Additional Reading (from money market) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Money markets in countries in Asia and the Pacific are studied by
(ed.), Financial Institutions and Markets in the Far East (1982), Financial Institutions and Markets in Southeast Asia (1984), Financial Institutions and Markets in the Southwest Pacific (1985), and Financial Institutions and Markets in the South Pacific (1987).
The definition of money for money market purposes is not confined to bank notes but includes a range of assets...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-27334?tocId=27334   (1080 words)

  
 Money Market Directories
MMD WebAccess is a powerful web-based market intelligence tool that allows clients access to specialized financial content from Money Market Directories comprehensive databases of over 70,309 plan sponsors, 292 consultants, 17,000 investment advisors, and 15,400 broker dealers.
International Directories Published in London and marketed in the U.S. exclusively by Standard and Poor's Money Market Directories, these two leading sources capture the growth of pension assets in the UK and Europe.
Included are database counts of plan sponsors by category and asset ranges; plan types sponsored by institutions, number of plan types represented in the database, and total plan assets for each type; and investment managers by category and asset ranges.
www.moneymarketdirectories.com   (516 words)

  
 The International Origins of the Federal Reserve System
For the dollar to be acceptable to international markets, the stability and efficiency of the U.S. banking and payments system had to be enhanced.
Various alternatives for improving the domestic payments system, such as adoption of nationwide branch banking, were insufficient to meet the interests of internationally-oriented bankers and businessmen, and hence failed to inspire a strong coalition to push for their adoption.
Banks outside the central money market, for example, were strong proponents of a currency backed by commercial paper, while New York City bankers by and large preferred a currency backed by government bonds.
www.eh.net /bookreviews/library/0158.shtml   (1181 words)

  
 International Money Market Accounts Review - Online news and more relevant resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 Money Market Accounts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Premier Money Market - has a low daily minimum balance requirement of only $1,000 with a monthly fee of $5 should the balance fall below minimum.
You earn a money market rate of interest on all balances with higher yields on balances of $50,000 and over.
You earn a market rate of interest on all balances with higher yields on balances of $5,000 and greater.
www.premierbankonline.com /PersonalBanking/MoneyMarketAccounts.html   (168 words)

  
 Windeal for Money Market   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Seated at a dealing desk, he or she is the money market dealer in up to three currencies.
Two panels are visible, the first showing current market rates and a newsflash that may have contributed to the latest movements; the second is a telephone touch screen through which the trainee can contact his direct-line bank counterparties for their prices and for a deal should he choose to do so.
He is the market maker and has to decide - on the basis of the market rates and the news, his positions and profit and loss - at what rate, if at all, he will borrow or lend.
www.bygraven.fsnet.co.uk /wdmm.htm   (1086 words)

  
 The Money Market: A Look Back
While the money (or cash) market did perform much better in the second half of the last century, it was really the last 20 years which have made the biggest difference.
This is a good thing because the market hates surprises and uncertainty breeds the need for higher risk premiums.
For example, during the 1970s, the money supply was targeted, while today the target is inflation.
www.investopedia.com /articles/06/moneymarketlookback.asp   (1271 words)

  
 Currency Market Research
A futures contract is a forward contract that is traded on a public exchange like the International Money Market (IMM) division of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) and Finex, its Dublin-based division.
The main beneficiaries are international corporations who use them to hedge against adverse changes in exchange rates that affect the profitability of projects.
Investors would be attracted by the ability to profit in both rising and falling market, by the opportunity to leverage profits through margin trading and the ability to close out contracts before delivery.
www.net50.com /forex/fwdFutr.html   (1326 words)

  
 An Emerging-Market Bank to Bank On [Fool.com] January 03, 2007
But there is also a way to mitigate at least part of this perceived risk, and that is to invest in individual companies that hold a strong competitive position in their home markets, have excellent growth prospects, and are attractively valued: essentially, blue-chip companies by any other name.
Given the immense growth opportunities in India's protected home-mortgage and credit card markets, I believe that shares of HDFC Bank deserve to trade in line with projected growth, or at roughly $96-$97 per share, and would urge risk-tolerant investors to consider depositing some cash in shares of this top-notch Indian bank.
The iShares Emerging Market Index Fund (AMEX: EEM) racked up a gain of 31% in 2006, well ahead of the quite respectable 16% advance posted by the Dow and beating the pants off the 9% increase recorded by the once-mighty Nasdaq.
www.fool.com /investing/international/2007/01/03/an-emerging-market-bank-to-bank-on.aspx   (735 words)

  
 Cash Funds International Offers Euro, Dollar and Sterling Liquidity Products Through a New Distribution Alliance
With asset managers that have strong money market track records, Cash Funds International offers clients worldwide leading, sizeable liquidity funds in each of three major currencies.
Increasingly, institutional and corporate investors are choosing money market funds over bank deposits and direct investments to meet their liquidity needs.
Money market funds offer the flexibility to invest in any increment, same-day settlement, diversification, transparency for assets and returns, independent credit management and a third-party custody and transfer agent, which presents less operational risk than the operations of a single entity.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/09-20-2006/0004436870&EDATE=   (1090 words)

  
 international money market - Currency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A currency is a unit of exchange, facilitating the transfer of goods and services.
It is a form of money, where money is defined as a medium of exchange rather than e.g.
Member countries of the European Monetary Union are a notable exception to this rule, as they have ceded control of monetary policy to the European Central Bank.
www.innovationsinteriors.com /currency/12/term1554.html   (188 words)

  
 Money and Banking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
International money market – Trades international financial claims with an original maturity of less than a year
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) – A bank that makes 12 to 15 year loans to poor countries (per capital GDP between $865 and $1,305) charging an interest rate just above the rate at which the bank borrowed
International Development Association – An association that makes 35 to 40 year loans to the world’s poorest countries (per capita GDP less than $865) charging zero interest
garnet.acns.fsu.edu /~fdv3471/mnb12.html   (1066 words)

  
 Liquidity Management and the growth of AAA rated money market funds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Although European money market funds have been around for some time, they are only recently gaining the widespread acceptance in the UK institutional market that they enjoy in the USA.
The principle behind these money market funds is that by pooling investors' assets, it is possible to spread the investments amongst a variety of financial institutions and at various points along the yield curve, thereby combining a well-diversified credit exposure with a competitive rate of interest.
Although market risk is tightly controlled through very strict investment guidelines, the funds do attempt to bolster returns through active duration management.
www.eubfn.com /arts/inv_guin.htm   (768 words)

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