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Financial markets and institutions / Frederic S. Mishkin, Stanley G. Eakins.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Prentice Hall series in financePublication details: Essex : Pearson Education, c2012.Edition: Global edition 7th edDescription: xxxix, [39], 623 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780273754442
  • 0273754440
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.10973 22
LOC classification:
  • HG181 .M558 2012
Contents:
Introduction -- Why study financial markets and institutions? -- Overview of the financial system -- Fundamentals of financial markets -- What do interest rates mean and what is their role in valuation? -- Why do interest rates change? -- How do risk and term structure affect interest rates? -- Are financial markets efficient? -- Fundamentals of financial institutions -- Why do financial institutions exist? -- Why do financial crises occur and why are they so damaging to the economy? -- Central banking and the conduct of monetary policy -- Central banks and the federal reserve system -- Conduct of monetary policy: tools, goals, strategy, and tactics -- Financial markets -- The money markets -- The bond market -- The stock market -- The mortgage markets -- The foreign exchange market -- The international financial system -- The financial institutions industry -- Banking and the management of financial institutions -- Financial regulation -- Banking industry: structure and competition -- The mutual fund industry -- Insurance companies and pension funds -- Investment banks, security brokers and dealers, and venture capital firms -- The management of financial institutions -- Risk management in financial institutions -- Hedging wit.
Item type: Books
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Includes index.

Authorised adaptation from the United States edition, entitled Financial Markets and Institutions, ISBN 978-0-13-21-3683-9 by Frederic S. Mishkin and Stanely G. Eakins, published by Pearson Education as Prentice Hall c2012.

Introduction -- Why study financial markets and institutions? -- Overview of the financial system -- Fundamentals of financial markets -- What do interest rates mean and what is their role in valuation? -- Why do interest rates change? -- How do risk and term structure affect interest rates? -- Are financial markets efficient? -- Fundamentals of financial institutions -- Why do financial institutions exist? -- Why do financial crises occur and why are they so damaging to the economy? -- Central banking and the conduct of monetary policy -- Central banks and the federal reserve system -- Conduct of monetary policy: tools, goals, strategy, and tactics -- Financial markets -- The money markets -- The bond market -- The stock market -- The mortgage markets -- The foreign exchange market -- The international financial system -- The financial institutions industry -- Banking and the management of financial institutions -- Financial regulation -- Banking industry: structure and competition -- The mutual fund industry -- Insurance companies and pension funds -- Investment banks, security brokers and dealers, and venture capital firms -- The management of financial institutions -- Risk management in financial institutions -- Hedging wit.