The Money Map · An explorable world

Let's follow a dollar
across the markets.

Not a lecture: a place. Watch a single dollar travel, out your front door, through the players who move money and the instruments they move it through. Trace its path, see who stands where, and watch which doors open as you grow.

New here? The tour walks you stop by stop. Either way you can roam the whole map, trace a $1 as it moves, and slide the net-worth bar to see what unlocks.

The Money Map

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Bigger forces
The districts
Jump anywhere
← who moves the money
what they move it through →
where shares are born ↑
the hidden plumbing ↓

the central bank, weather over everything

You
You · retail
Banks & Dealers
The middlemen
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Market Makers
Always dealing
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Asset Managers
The crowd's money
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Hedge Funds
Fast, sharp money
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Private Equity & Venture
Owns whole companies
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Pension Funds
Retirement promises
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Insurers
Premiums put to work
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Sovereign Wealth
Nations' savings
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Central Bank
Sets the weather
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Prime Brokers
Access · institutional
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The Exchange
Where they meet
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Cash
Safe & quiet
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Stocks
Owning a slice
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Bonds
Lending it out
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Commodities
Oil · gold · grain
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Currencies
FX · money itself
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Crypto
The new frontier
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Derivatives
Bets on the rest
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Private Credit
Access · accredited
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Venture
Access · accredited
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Endowments
University & charity
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Consultants
Gatekeepers
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The Company
Issuer · shares born
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Underwriters
The syndicate
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First Sale (IPO)
Private to public
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Clearing
Trade guarantor
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Repo Market
Overnight funding
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Securities Lending
Shorts borrow here
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OTC & Swaps
Private contracts
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Dark Pools
Out of sight
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Retail Brokers
Your door in
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Prop & HFT Firms
Own money, fast
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CTAs · Managed Futures
Systematic
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Family Offices
Private wealth
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Net-worth levels: who can access what (slide to compare) Starterunder $25k

Access levels per U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, sec.gov, accredited investors. Figures are long standing and subject to ongoing review. This is a reference showing how access works, not a target. Educational only, not investment, legal, or tax advice.

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