The word “finance” signifies capital in monetary form，that is in the form of funds lent or borrowed，normally for capital purposes，through financial markets or financial institutions. When finance goes international，it is then an international finance. Financial market is a place where financial transactions take place.When a financial transaction takes place between a resident of a country and a non-resident，it is an international financial transaction，and the place where the transaction is traded is called an international financial market.
金融，就是以貨幣形式表示的資本，換句話說，就是通常為了資本目的通過金融市場或金融機構已借貸資金形式構成的資本。當金融國際化了，就成了國際金融。金融市場就是各種金融交易發生的場所。當壹筆金融業務發生在壹個國家的居民和非居民之間，就成了國際金融業務，而這筆交易發生的場所就是國際金融市場。
Normally a financial market consists of foreign exchange market， money market， bond market and equity market.The last two markets usually fall into the category of securities market or capital market.
通常，金融市場包括外匯市場、貨幣市場、債券市場和股票市場。債券市場和股票市場又統稱為資本市場。
Foreign exchange market deals with the exchanges of different means of payment.Because the relative values among different currencies will fluctuate according to economic and political circumstances of the currencies of the relative countries， foreign exchange markets provide services for international investors or financiers such as forward transactions and foreign currency futures to eliminate such risks.
外匯市場處理不同支付手段的兌換。由於不同貨幣之間的相對價值會隨著相關國家經濟和政治情況的變化而波動，外匯市場為國際投資者和融資家減少風險而提供了壹些服務，例如遠期交易、外匯期貨等。
Most of the savings and investment transfers take place in the domestic market of a country.However， domestic investors may purchase foreign securities and may invest in foreign financial institutions.Strictly speaking，it is a “foreign” financial market. A significnat aspect of such international transactions is that all transcations are directly subject to the rules， usance，institutional arrangements， offcial policy governing foreign transcations in the respective domestic markets.
大多數儲蓄和投資業務是發生在壹國的國內市場。但是，國內的投資者也可以購買外國證券和在外國金融機構內投資。嚴格的說，這是“外國”金融市場。“外國”金融市場的壹個顯著特征就是，所有交易都直接受各自國內市場的規章、管理、機構協議以及有關國外交易的官方政策的制約。
The Euromarket， which is defined as a market where financial instruments traded are denominated in currencies other than the currency of the country where the market is located.It is， in the true sense， an external financial market.The important distinction between the external financial market and the domestic financial market lies in that Eurocurrecy banking is not subject to domistic banking regulations. Today the Euromarket has become an indispensable element of the international financial market.
歐洲市場，就是在該市場上交易的金融工具都是用歐洲貨幣來標價而不是用市場所在地國家的貨幣來標價。歐洲市場是真正意義上的境外金融市場。金融學在職研究生境外金融市場和國內金融市場的重要區別是歐洲貨幣銀行業務不受國內銀行規章制度的管轄。今天，歐洲市場已成為國際金融市場不可分割的壹個部分。
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