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What are Capital Markets? The most often context used for “Capital Markets” is in corporate finance and investment banking, and it refers primarily to the private equity and institutional markets, although it can include the debt markets as well, ahead of any public offerings. However, in more general parlance, it can refer to any market for financially viable assets.

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Finance a la shmoop what are capital markets? well you've heard of the great [Planet earth appears]

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markets of the world the Silk Road market, the Arab markets, the stockade

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markets well the same thing exists for money or

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capital, investment capital what is investment capital yeah stocks

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bonds derivatives above stocks and bonds like putting call options commodities

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like coins and water rights and oil oh and Bitcoin don't forget Bitcoin and

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yeah CME trades it now well all of those are

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fruits in our little fifty trillion dollar global capital market system the [Fruits appear on global capital market system stall]

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actual daily pricing intelligence that comes from capital being traded back and

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forth yep money is bought and sold like used

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cars that never die zombie cars that's what comprises our global capital

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market system and just as in other markets well you always have to watch [Women stood by a store desk]

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out for couponers

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