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Only institutional investors can participate in money market. The money market consists of financial institutions and dealers in money or credit who wish to either borrow or lend. Participants borrow and lend for short periods, typically up to twelve months.

The money market is where financial instruments with high liquidity and very short maturities are traded. It is used by participants as a means for borrowing and lending in the short term, with maturities that usually range from overnight to just under a year.

Multiple discriminant Analysis (MDA) is the statistical technique that is used to distinguish between bankrupt and non bankrupt firms.

A treasury bill is basically an instrument of short-term borrowing by the Government of India maturing in less than one year.  Treasury bills enable government to get short term borrowings as these bills are sold to banks and general public. Maturity of Treasury bills varies from 14 to 364 days.

Money market mutual funds are used in acquiring and placing mortgages. Money market deals with short term securities having maximum tenure of 1 year. Money market mutual funds can be defined as short term liquid investments which invest in high quality money market instruments.

A commercial bill is a short-term, negotiable, self-liquidating instrument which is used to finance the credit sales of firms. Commercial bills are known as trade bills or accommodation bills. These are common instruments used in credit purchase and sale. These have short term maturity period generally 90 days and can be discounted with bank even before the maturity period.

The money market is a market for short-term funds which deals in monetary assets whose period of maturity is up to one year. Generally money market is the source of finance for working capital. Transactions of money market include lending and borrowing of cash for a short period of time and also sale and purchase of securities having one year time.

Money market mutual funds are used in acquiring and placing mortgages. Money market mutual funds can be referred to short-run liquid investments which invest in high quality money market instruments. It helps to provide investors with a reasonable returns over a period up to 1 year.