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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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In March 2024, Hui was fined $6.5m and banned from China's capital market for life for his company overstating its revenue by $78bn.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Companies raising funds may look to Hong Kong’s capital market amid geopolitical headwinds as they seek secure and highly-liquid jurisdictions as destinations, he notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The bank’s asset-management arm’s long-term capital market assumptions, based on a portfolio with 60% in stocks and 40% in bonds, call for a 6.4% return over the next 10-15 years.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

“It’s the deepest capital market in the world. It’s hard to see the currency in free fall.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 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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