Influence of speculative operations on the investment capital: Anempirical analysis of capital markets

Abstract

The article is devoted to substantiation of significance of speculative operations and follows the goal to study their condition and development. The purpose of this article is to reveal the essence of the speculative component of the movement of investment capital in stock exchange. It is substantiated that existence and stability of the securities market plays a significant role in development of financial market, which in turn becomes a key element in the mechanism of economy. The authors emphasize that the liquid market continues to function even with a large number of economic agents while price fluctuation of securities have a little change. It has been established that speculation can be carried out on the stock exchange both using cash and in futures transactions. However, operating with cash transactions has fewer combinations and in general less profitable, thus the main arena of speculators becomes the market of future transactions. It has been proven that speculative profits are possible during both “bullish games” and in shorting’s, thus becoming an important tool for additional attraction of investments. Consequently, speculations have a crucial role in achieving a balance between capital market participants.