Define the market segmentation of the term structure of interest rates.
Market segmentation:
And also the investors’ expectations regarding future interest rates and their preferences for liquidity, other theory, the market segmentation theory, recommends that the bond market is really made up of a number of divide markets illustrious by time to maturity, each along with their own supply and demand conditions. Several classes of investors and issuers will have a strong preference for exact segments of the yield curve and, thus, the curve will not of necessity move up or down and over its entire range.