You participate in the capital markets whenever you purchase
stocks
or
bonds,
invest in a partnership, or put money in your savings account.
And even if you think your investing or saving dollars are just a drop in the bucket of the vast capital markets, you should keep in mind that your participation can have an exponential effect, as you earn return on your investment and reinvest or stash the savings, increasing your contributions to the markets themselves.
You also add to and benefit from the capital markets when you take a loan to pay for a new home or build your small business.
Professor Samuel L. Hayes,
Harvard Business
School
Professor 