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social science subjects > business and management > finance > international finance > financial markets
social science subjects > business and management > international business > international finance > financial markets
social science subjects > economics > economic concepts > market (economics) > financial markets
social science subjects > politics and international relations > governance > market (economics) > financial markets
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financial markets  

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  • FINANCIAL MARKETS, in terms of stock exchanges, are devoted to the buying and selling of financial tools called securities. Merchants first created joint-stock companies during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to spread the risks of sea voyages and explorations carried out to establish trade with foreign markets. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Financial Markets]

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