Intro to Business › Section P · Financial management and securities markets › Topic P.6
Securities markets
Stocks and bonds are how companies and governments turn investors' savings into factories, schools and roads. Securities markets are where those claims are first sold and then traded, and each kind of security offers a different mix of return and risk.
In this topic
- What securities markets do
- Primary and secondary markets
- The specialists
- Corporate bonds and ratings
- Worked example: when market rates move
- Government securities
- Worked example: comparing taxable and tax-exempt yields
- Mutual funds and ETFs
- Futures and options
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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