Capital markets facilitate raising capital and provide platforms for buying and selling investments. They include stock, bond, and currency markets, distinguishing them from just asset trading spaces.

Money markets deal with short-term debt instruments for quick liquidity, while capital markets focus on long-term investments such as stocks and bonds to generate growth over time. When looking to ...

Capital stock is the number of common and preferred shares that a company is authorized to issue, and is recorded in shareholders' equity.

Indonesia is in the early phase of tapping the potential of capital markets to drive sustainable development and employment creation. The Indonesian government, with the assistance of the World Bank, ...

Laurie Sepulveda is a MarketWatch Guides team senior writer who specializes in writing about insurance, investing, personal loans, home equity loans, mortgages and banking. She lives in North Carolina ...