The abstract

The thesis: 38 pages, 2 tab., 25 sources, 2 enc.

Securities market, stock, bonds, bills, checks, warrants, bills of lading, futures, options, stock exchange, broker, primary securities market, secondary market securities, issuers, fictitious capital.

Object of research - the stock market.

Subject of research – especially the functioning of the securities market in a market economy.

The purpose of the work – to identify the nature and the role of the securities market in the functioning of a market economy.

Research methods: description, classification, analytical method, the comparative analysis, statistical, graphical, method of gathering facts.

Research and workings out: the analysis of development of stock market in the countries with the developed market economy and in Belarus in which result the basic problems of its development are allocated is carried out, the basic ways of their decision are offered.

The author of work confirms that the analytical material correctly and objectively reflects the state of the process, and all borrowed from literature and other sources and concepts are accompanied by references to their authors.