Question

(a) Distinguish between ‘Capital Market’ and ‘Money Market’ on the basis of: (i) Participants (ii) Investment Outlay (iii) Expected Return

Accepted Answer

Distinction between ‘Capital Market’ and ‘Money Market’: Basis Capital Market Money market Participants The participants are financial institutions, banks, corporate entities, foreign investors and ordinary retail investors from members of the public The participants are institutional participants such as the RBI, banks, financial institutions and finance companies. Investment Outlay Securities do not necessarily require a huge financial outlay Transactions entail huge sums of money as the instruments are quite expensive Expected Return Generally yield a higher return for investors than the money market Generally yield a lower return for investors than the capital market

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Basis	Capital Market	Money market
Participants	The participants are financial institutions, banks, corporate entities, foreign investors and ordinary retail investors from members of the public	The participants are institutional participants such as the RBI, banks, financial institutions and finance companies.
Investment Outlay	Securities do not necessarily require a huge financial outlay	Transactions entail huge sums of money as the instruments are quite expensive
Expected Return	Generally yield a higher return for investors than the money market	Generally yield a lower return for investors than the capital market