Researching Financial Markets Part 2 & 3: Financial Institutions

For part 2 of the unit 2 assignment, you have to describe various financial institutions and give an example of who may use each of them. Keep in mind it is unlikely you will find all the information in only once source. 

For this part of the assignment, reference books are the perfect sources to use for research. They contain credible and academic information, providing clear introductory topic overviews. 

Click the EBOOKS icon on the Library homepage, and the Select either Credo Reference or Gale eBooks (or both), and search the name of each financial institution individually:

• investment banks
• commercial banks
• financial services corporations
• pension funds
• mutual funds
• financial markets and institutions

For part 3 of the unit 2 assignment, you must:

• Explain capital transfers.
• What are the three primary ways capital transfers between savers and borrowers? Describe each one.
• What is a financial market?
• Differentiate between the following markets:

Physical asset markets versus financial asset markets

Spot markets versus futures market

Money markets versus capital markets

Primary asset markets versus secondary markets

Public markets versus private markets

Reference books are still the best sources of information for this research.

Suggested Keywords

• capital transfer
• movement of capital
• financial markets

Or, try natural language searches:

• what is a financial market?
• what are capital transfers?

When researching the following, try searching phrases like this:

• physical AND financial asset markets
• spot AND futures markets
• money AND capital markets
• primary vs secondary markets
• public vs private markets

Alternatively, search each market individually and then compare/contrast them:

• physical markets
• financial markets
• spot markets
• futures markets
• money markets
• capital markets
• primary markets
• secondary markets
• public markets
• private markets

In addition to Credo Reference and Gale eBooks, you can find entire books about financial markets and capital transfers in EBSCO eBooks and ProQuest Ebook Central.

For more information about the unit 2 assignment, visit the links below.