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Bond Investments
Bonds have (generally) $1,000 increments. Bonds are priced as a percentage of par value. Many…
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International Bond Market Volatility
For the market participants owning bonds, collecting coupons and holding it till maturity, market volatility is not…
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International Bond Market Size
Amounts outstanding on the global bond market on March 2012 were about $100 trillion. That…
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International Bond market participants
Bond market participants are either buyers (debt issuer) or sellers (institution) of funds and often…
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International Bond Markets
Unlike Equity and Money markets, there is no specific bond market to trade bonds. However,…
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Financial Crises and Liquidity
In financial crises, central banks need to provide liquidity to stabilize markets, as risks may…
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A System for Transactions
As competition grew, a transaction-system to handle the transactions in IMM was required. The CME…
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Driving Forces of Financial Globalization
When we talk about financial globalization, there are four major factors to be considered. They…
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The Drawbacks of Currency Futures
The challenge of the IMM was in connecting the values of IMM foreign exchange contracts…
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The International Monetary Market
The International Monetary Market (IMM) was formed in December 1971 and was established in May…