Chapter Financial Markets and Institutions Learning Objectives After reading this chapter, students should be able to: Describe three ways in which the transfer of capital takes place List some of the many different types of financial markets, and identify several recent trends taking place in the financial markets Identify some of the most important money and capital market instruments, and list the characteristics of each Compare and contrast major financial institutions Distinguish between the two basic types of stock markets Identify the three classifications of stock market transactions Read stock quotations from a variety of sources/publications Briefly explain the Efficient Markets Hypothesis (EMH), identify the three levels of efficiency, and discuss the implications of market efficiency Briefly discuss behavioral finance and its impact on the support for EMH Chapter 5: Financial Markets and Institutions Learning Objectives 103 Lecture Suggestions Chapter presents an overview of financial markets and institutions and it leads right into the next chapter Additionally, students have an interest in financial markets and institutions What we cover, and the way we cover it, can be seen by scanning the slides and Integrated Case solution for Chapter 5, which appears at the end of this chapter solution For other suggestions about the lecture, please see the “Lecture Suggestions” in Chapter 2, where we describe how we conduct our classes DAYS ON CHAPTER: OF 58 DAYS (50-minute periods) 104 Lecture Suggestions Chapter 5: Financial Markets and Institutions Answers to End-of-Chapter Questions 5-1 The prices of goods and services must cover their costs Costs include labor, materials, and capital Capital costs to a borrower include a return to the saver who supplied the capital, plus a mark-up (called a “spread”) for the financial intermediary that brings the saver and the borrower together The more efficient the financial system, the lower the costs of intermediation, the lower the costs to the borrower, and, hence, the lower the prices of goods and services to consumers 5-2 In a well-functioning economy, capital will flow efficiently from those who supply capital to those who demand it This transfer of capital can take place in three different ways: Direct transfers of money and securities occur when a business sells its stocks or bonds directly to savers, without going through any type of financial institution The business delivers its securities to savers, who in turn give the firm the money it needs Transfers may also go through an investment banking house which underwrites the issue An underwriter serves as a middleman and facilitates the issuance of securities The company sells its stocks or bonds to the investment bank, which in turn sells these same securities to savers The businesses’ securities and the savers’ money merely “pass through” the investment banking house Transfers can also be made through a financial intermediary Here the intermediary obtains funds from savers in exchange for its own securities The intermediary uses this money to buy and hold businesses’ securities Intermediaries literally create new forms of capital The existence of intermediaries greatly increases the efficiency of money and capital markets 5-3 A primary market is the market in which corporations raise capital by issuing new securities An initial public offering is a stock issue in which privately held firms go public Therefore, an IPO would be an example of a primary market transaction 5-4 A money market transaction occurs in the financial market in which funds are borrowed or loaned for short periods (less than one year) A capital market transaction occurs in the financial market in which stocks and intermediate—or long-term debt (one year or longer)—are issued a A U.S Treasury bill is an example of a money market transaction b Long-term corporate bonds are examples of capital market transactions c Common stocks are examples of capital market transactions d Preferred stocks are examples of capital market transactions e Dealer commercial paper is an example of a money market transaction 5-5 It would be difficult for firms to raise capital Thus, capital investment would slow down, unemployment would rise, the output of goods and services would fall, and, in general, our standard of living would decline Chapter 5: Financial Markets and Institutions Integrated Case 105 5-6 Financial markets have experienced many changes during the last two decades Technological advances in computers and telecommunications, along with the globalization of banking and commerce, have led to deregulation, and this has increased competition throughout the world The result is a much more efficient, internationally linked market, but one that is far more complex than existed a few years ago While these developments have been largely positive, they have also created problems for policy makers Large amounts of capital move quickly around the world in response to changes in interest and exchange rates, and these movements can disrupt local institutions and economies Globalization has exposed the need for greater cooperation among regulators at the international level Factors that complicate coordination include (1) the differing structures among nations’ banking and securities industries, (2) the trend in Europe toward financial services conglomerates, and (3) reluctance on the part of individual countries to give up control over their national monetary policies Another important trend in recent years has been the increased use of derivatives The market for derivatives has grown faster than any other market in recent years, providing corporations with new opportunities but also exposing them to new risks Derivatives can be used either to reduce risks or to speculate It’s not clear whether recent innovations have “increased or decreased the inherent stability of the financial system.” 5-7 The physical location exchanges are tangible physical entities Each of the larger ones occupies its own building, has a limited number of members, and has an elected governing body A dealer market is defined to include all facilities that are needed to conduct security transactions not made on the physical location exchanges These facilities include (1) the relatively few dealers who hold inventories of these securities and who are said to “make a market” in these securities; (2) the thousands of brokers who act as agents in bringing the dealers together with investors; and (3) the computers, terminals, and electronic networks that provide a communication link between dealers and brokers 5-8 The two leading stock markets today are the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq stock market The NYSE is a physical location exchange, while the Nasdaq is an electronic dealer-based market 5-9 The three forms, or levels, of market efficiency are: weak-form efficiency, semistrongform efficiency, and strong-form efficiency The weak form of the EMH states that all information contained in past stock price movements is fully reflected in current market prices The semistrong form of the EMH states that current market prices reflect all publicly available information The strong form of the EMH states that current market prices reflect all pertinent information, whether publicly available or privately held 5-10 If the market is semistrong-form efficient and the company announces a 1% increase when investors had expected it to announce a 10% earnings increase, you would expect the stock’s price to fall because the earnings increase was less than expected, which is Statement b In fact, if the assumption were made that weak-form efficiency existed then you would expect the stock’s price to increase slightly because the company had a slight increase in earnings, which is Statement a If the assumption were made that strong-form efficiency existed then you would expect the stock’s price to remain the same because earnings announcements have no effect because all information, whether publicly available or privately held, is already reflected in the stock price 106 Integrated Case Chapter 5: Financial Markets and Institutions 5-11 a False; derivatives can be used either to reduce risks or to speculate b True; hedge funds generally charge large fees, often a fixed amount plus 15% to 20% of the fund’s capital gains c False; hedge funds are largely unregulated d True; the NYSE is a physical location exchange with a tangible physical location that conducts auction markets in designated securities e False; a larger bid-ask spread means the dealer will realize a higher profit f False; the EMH does not assume that all investors are rational Chapter 5: Financial Markets and Institutions Integrated Case 107 ... already reflected in the stock price 1 06 Integrated Case Chapter 5: Financial Markets and Institutions 5- 11 a False; derivatives can be used either to reduce risks or to speculate b 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Chapter 5: Financial Markets and Institutions Integrated Case 1 05 5 -6 Financial markets have experienced many changes during the last two decades Technological advances in computers and telecommunications,... our classes DAYS ON CHAPTER: OF 58 DAYS (50 -minute periods) 104 Lecture Suggestions Chapter 5: Financial Markets and Institutions Answers to End-of-Chapter Questions 5- 1 The prices of goods and