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CHAPTER THREE THE MARKETPLACE © 2001 South-Western College Publishing.
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Outline
The Role of the Capital Markets Economic Function
Continuous Pricing Function
Fair Pricing Function
The Exchanges National Exchanges
Regional Exchanges
Trading Systems
Circuit Breakers and Trading Curbs
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The Nasdaq Stock Market The National Market System
Tiers of the Nasdaq Market
Third and Fourth Markets
Regulation The Exchanges The SEC
The NASD SIPC
Ethics Illegal vs. Unethical
The Chartered Financial Analyst Program
AIMR Standards of Professional Conduct
Outline
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The Role of the Capital Markets
Economic Function
Continuous Pricing Function
Fair Pricing Function
An exchange serves three principal functions.
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Economic Function
“Even in the days before perestroika, socialism was never a monolith. Within the Communist countries, the spectrum of socialism ranged from the quasi-market, quasi-syndicalist system of Yugoslavia to the centralized totalitarianism of neighboring Albania. One time I asked Professor von Mises, the great expert on the economics of socialism, at what point on this spectrum of statism would he designate a country as ‘socialist’ or not. At that time, I wasn't sure that any definite criterion existed to make that sort of clear-cut judgment.
“And so I was pleasantly surprised at the clarity and decisiveness of Mises's answer. ‘A stock market,’ he answered promptly. ‘A stock market is crucial to the existence of capitalism and private property. For it means that there is a functioning market in the exchange of private titles to the means of production. There can be no genuine private ownership of capital without a stock market: there can be no true socialism if such a market is allowed to exist.’”
- Making Economic Sense, by Murray N. Rothbard
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Economic Function
Capital markets facilitate the flow of capital from savers to borrowers.
Capital
Savers Borrowers
Capital Market
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Economic Function: An Example
Bank
Banks offer home mortgages so that home buyers who are short of cash can borrow money to buy houses.
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Mortgage
Home Seller
Home Buyer
Home Ownership
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Economic Function: An Example
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Mortgage
Mortgage-backedsecurities
Bank
Investors
Gov’tAgency
Facilitated by government agencies such as the Federal National Mortgage Association, banks sell the mortgages to investors with surplus cash.
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Economic Function: An Example
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MortgageMortgage
Mortgage-backedsecurities
Home Seller
Home Buyer
Bank
Investors
Gov’tAgency
Home Ownership
Cyclic Flowof Capital
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Economic Function
The primary market is the “new securities” market where securities are sold to the public for the first time.
The secondary market is the “used securities” market, where previously issued securities are traded among security holders.
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Continuous Pricing Function
Capital markets enable market participants to get accurate, up-to-date price information.
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Fair Pricing Function
Capital markets remove the fear that people have of buying or selling at a rip-off price.
The greater the number of participants and the more formal the marketplace, the “fairer” the price.
United States
National Exchanges New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Nasdaq Stock Market
Regional Exchanges e.g. Philadelphia Stock Exchange
International Exchangese.g. England, France, Japan, Thailand
The Exchanges
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Trading Systems
Specialists are charged with making a fair andorderly market in one or more assigned securities at posts on the exchange floor.
Marketmakers are groups of competingindividuals who maintain a fair and orderly market by open outcry trading in pits on the exchange floor.
SuperDot is an electronic system enabling NYSE firms to send orders directly to the specialists’ posts.
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Circuit Breakers and Trading Curbs
Both trading curbs and circuit breakers are designed to reduce temporary volatility in the market.
At the NYSE, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fluctuates by more than 2%, the circuit breaker is activated and computerized trading becomes restricted.
Trading curbs halt all trading at the exchange.
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The Nasdaq Stock Market
The Nasdaq (National Association of SecuritiesDealers Automated Quotations) stock market is sometimes called the over-the-counter (OTC) market.
It is a worldwide computerized linkup ofbrokerage firms, investment houses and large commercial banks.
Bids and offers are posted to an electronicbulletin board called the National Market System.
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The Nasdaq Stock Market
Market Tiers- national market issues: issues by large and established firms e.g. Intel, Microsoft- small-cap issues: issues with a low level of capitalization- pink sheet issues: the smallest and most speculative Nasdaq stocks
The trading of listed securities in the Nasdaqmarket is known as the third market.
Direct trades between large institutionalinvestors comprise the fourth market.
The “Markets”
Primary Marketvia investment bankers
CompanyPublic
Secondary Market
via stock exchanges or NasdaqPublic Public
Third Market
listed securities via NasdaqPublic Public
Fourth Market
via telephone or Instinet
Institution Institution
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Regulation The Exchanges have rules regarding...
- the financial capacity of members serving as stock specialists- the financial & market activity, as well as the disclosure & annual reporting of listed firms
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
was established…- to ensure that investors have adequate information to make an informed investment decision- so as to help prevent price manipulation and abuses like the Ponzi scheme
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Regulation
The National Association of Security Dealers- is a self-regulatory body that licenses brokers and generally oversees the trading practices of OTC securities
The Securities Investor Protection Corporation- protects investors from loss due to brokerage firm failure, fraud, natural disaster, or theft
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Ethics
Illegal vs. UnethicalA wide range of investment activities may be legal, but these activities carry substantial ethical baggage.
The Chartered Financial Analyst Program- promotes investment education and ethical behavior among those involved in the investment business
AIMR Standards of Professional Conduct- a strict set of ethical guidelines
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Review
The Role of the Capital Markets Economic Function
Continuous Pricing Function
Fair Pricing Function
The Exchanges National Exchanges
Regional Exchanges
Trading Systems
Circuit Breakers and Trading Curbs