Financial market participants
| Financial market participants |
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| Organisations |
| Terms |
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| Financial markets |
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| Bond market |
| Stock market |
| Other markets |
| Alternative investment |
| Over-the-counter (off-exchange) |
| Trading |
| Related areas |
| Part of a series on financial services |
| Banking |
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There are two basic financial market participant distinctions, investors versus speculators and institutional versus retail. Action in financial markets by central banks is usually regarded as intervention rather than participation.