Public, highly liquid markets for assets create lots of information about the value of those assets, which is extremely useful for both individuals and firms that are trying to understand:
the state of their finances
how successful a venture dealing in those assets has been
whether to accept a deal (a financial transaction, or some cooperative venture) involving those assets
(if the assets are stock in some company) how successful the company has been so far
Current open market price of an asset
Public, highly liquid markets for assets create lots of information about the value of those assets, which is extremely useful for both individuals and firms that are trying to understand:
the state of their finances
how successful a venture dealing in those assets has been
whether to accept a deal (a financial transaction, or some cooperative venture) involving those assets
(if the assets are stock in some company) how successful the company has been so far