open market
Unrestricted commerce zone
An open market is one where buyers and sellers can trade freely without restrictions on who participates or what prices are set.
The term often appears in finance: The Federal Reserve bought Treasury bonds on the open market.
In general use, on the open market means available to any buyer rather than sold privately or through restricted channels.
Removing governmental business restrictions
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- privatizationState sells public assets
- free tradeUnrestricted international exchange
- tariffsTaxes on imports
trade barriers · protectionism · quotas · subsidies · trade agreement · WTO · NAFTA · customs
Open-air merchant district
- vendorsThose who sell goods
- stallsDelays or compartments
- buyersThose who obtain goods
- sellersThose who offer wares
merchants · goods · merchandise · haggling · souk · trade fair · booth · hawkers
Mutual giving and receiving
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
trading floor · investors · liquidity · brokerage · portfolio · NASDAQ · NYSE · commodities
Against corporate market dominance
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- oligopolyFew firms dominate market
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
- competitorsThose seeking same goal
barriers to entry · duopoly · pricing power · fair competition · competitive advantage · incumbents · level playing field · challenger
deregulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- privatizationState sells public assets
- free tradeUnrestricted international exchange
tariffs · trade barriers · protectionism · quotas · subsidies · trade agreement · WTO · NAFTA · customs · import
bazaar
Open-air merchant district
sellers · merchants · goods · merchandise · haggling · souk · trade fair · booth · hawkers · wares
exchange
Mutual giving and receiving
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
equities · trading floor · investors · liquidity · brokerage · portfolio · NASDAQ · NYSE · commodities · futures
antitrust
Against corporate market dominance
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- oligopolyFew firms dominate market
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
competitors · barriers to entry · duopoly · pricing power · fair competition · competitive advantage · incumbents · level playing field · challenger · consumer choice
- shopping areasmall, shopping center, shopping district, bazaar, shops
- street sellingstreet vendor, pushcart, hawker, food cart, fruit stand
- soukssouk, souks, bazaar, bazaars, medina
- fair marketsfair competition, fair dealing, fair play, fair pricing, level playing field
- FedFederal Reserve, FOMC, monetary policy, interest rates, rate cut
- open events
open marketmonopoly
One seller, no substitutes
oligopoly · cartel · captive market · duopoly · monopsony
open marketcommand economy
State-controlled economic system
planned economy · state-controlled economy · controlled economy · price controls · protectionism
open marketinsider trading
Illegal securities transactions using nonpublic information
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