Distinguish between Money Market and Capital Market on the basis of:

(a) Participants (b) Instruments (c) Duration and (d) Safety.

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Basis Capital Market Money Market
Participants The participants are financial institutions, banks, corporate, foreign investors and retail investors. The participants are RBI, financial institutions, banks, corporate.
Instruments  Instruments traded are shares, debentures and bonds.  Instruments traded are treasury bill, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, call money and commercial bill.
Duration It deals in medium term and long term securities It deals in short term securities
Security/Safety Capital market instruments are risky with respect to returns and principal repayment. Money market instruments are generally much safer with a minimum risk of default

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