Explain how financial markets operate and are essential for a healthy economy and economic growth.

This competency assessment assesses the following Outcome(s):

1. Explain how financial markets operate and are essential for a healthy economy and economic growth.
2. Demonstrate college-level communication through the oral delivery of original materials in Standard English.
3. Adapt research skills to discover and sort relevant sources to complete tasks.

Making effective financial decisions is determined by how much information one can gather on different markets and their conditions. By using effective research skills, you will be able to identify how a market operates, and you will be able to forecast the sustainability and strength of the economy.

Read through the whole assessment to understand the topics that must be covered in the selection of your article.

There are three parts to this assessment. Parts 1 and 2 will be written in a Microsoft Word document. Part 3 will be a PowerPoint presentation which includes audio. In Part 1, you will look for a scholarly article(s) from the Purdue Global Library and write about the process you used in locating the article(s) to help with the assessment. For Part 2, you will be assessed on writing a 500-word informative essay of the article(s) focusing on the questions asked. For Part 3, you will complete a PowerPoint presentation with audio. It is important for you to be able to communicate the details of your research with supervisors or management. Using PowerPoint is one way to communicate your information and to show details of the research.

Part 1: Locate a High-Quality Library Article

You will need to locate one or more scholarly articles that explain how financial markets operate and are essential for a healthy economy and economic growth. The article(s) should provide you with information to answer Part 2 of your assessment. You will write about the process you went through to locate your article(s), thoroughly covering the topics below.

You must follow the following criteria for your research:

Explain how your search terms were refined.
Identify your choice of databases (for example: EBSCO, ProQuest, or ABI/Inform).
Identify the range of dates used.
Identify the experts.
Identify how you sorted the relevant topics.
Locating scholarly articles:

Scholarly articles must be current and of high quality. These include peer-reviewed academic articles, articles published in journals, and other library resources. Peer-reviewed sources.

Part 2: Research Financial Markets

Write a 500-word informative essay on the article(s), answering the following questions:

Why are financial markets essential for a healthy economy and economic growth?
What are financial institutions?
Describe each and give an example of who may use them:
Investment banks
Commercial banks
Financial services corporations
Pension funds
Mutual funds
Note: You may use your textbook as an additional resource; however, the majority of your content must come from your article(s).

Part 3: Research on Markets: PowerPoint Presentation With Audio

It is important to be able to communicate and share with supervisors or management the information received to help determine informed financial decisions. An effective tool to inform and communicate this information is a PowerPoint presentation. Please see the criteria required in the Minimum Submission Requirements tab for the oral delivery of this presentation.

Create your oral presentation by creating a digital recording; some options to record are Screencastify, a narrated PowerPoint, or a direct computer recording (PC or Mac).

You will create a PowerPoint presentation with audio covering the following topics:

Explain capital transfers.
What are the three primary ways in which capital is transferred between savers and borrowers? Describe each one.
What is a financial market?
Differentiate between the following markets:
Physical asset markets versus financial asset markets
Spot markets versus futures market
Money markets versus capital markets
Primary asset markets versus secondary markets
Public markets versus private markets

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