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capital market

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noun

  1. the financial institutions collectively that deal with medium-term and long-term capital and loans Compare money market

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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After becoming president in June 2025, Lee accelerated capital market reforms aimed at propping up share prices.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

“Gauges of investor sentiment underscore that current capital market pricing already reflects significant economic optimism and further upside for stocks versus bonds,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch Jul. 3, 2026

Dislodging that is an enormous undertaking, requiring not just an alternative currency but an alternative legal system, an alternative deep capital market, and an alternative security architecture.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

“Beating estimates across every single product category reinforced that Apple’s strength is consistency, even if it’s not the fastest grower in tech right now,” said Jake Behan, head of capital market at Direxion.

From Barron's May 1, 2026

The world’s single biggest capital market wasn’t a market; it was something else—but what?

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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