Modern Tendencies of the Development of International Financial Markets

Abstract

This paper gives information about the international financial markets and the development of their modern tendencies. The International Financial Market is the place where financial wealth is traded between individuals (and between countries). It can be seen as a wide set of rules and institutions where assets are traded between agents in surplus and agents in deficit and where institutions lay down the rules. There are different types of financial markets: stock markets, bond markets, forex markets, and commodities markets. Stock markets facilitate the buying and selling of company shares, while bond markets deal with debt securities. Forex markets enable currency exchange, and commodities markets trade physical goods.