Financial Markets and Institutions by Stanley Eakins and Frederic S. Mishkin (2014, Hardcover)

Pearson Education

013342362x

9780133423624

12038241388

Frederic S. Mishkin, Stanley Eakins

Financial Markets and Institutions

Hardcover

English

Industries / Financial Services, Investments & Securities / General

2014

Textbook

Business & Economics

712 Pages

10.1 in

1.4 in

8 in

47.2 Oz

8

2019-302692

Hg173

I. Introduction 1. Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions? 2. Overview of the Financial System II. Fundamentals of Financial Markets 3. What Do Interest Rates Mean and What Is Their Role in Valuation? 4. Why Do Interest Rates Change? 5. How Do Risk and Term Structure Affect Interest Rates? 6. Are Financial Markets Efficient? III. Fundamentals of Financial Institutions 7. Why Do Financial Institutions Exist? 8. Why Do Financial Crises Occur and Why Are They So Damaging to the Economy? IV. Central Banking and the Conduct of Monetary Policy 9. Central Banks and the Federal Reserve System 10. Conduct of Monetary Policy: Tools, Goals, Strategy, and Tactics V. Financial Markets 11. The Money Markets 12. The Bond Market 13. The Stock Market 14. The Mortgage Markets 15. The Foreign Exchange Market 16. The International Financial System VI. The Financial Institutions Industry 17. Banking and the Management of Financial Institutions 18. Financial Regulation 19. Banking Industry: Structure and Competition 20. The Mutual Fund Industry 21. Insurance Companies and Pension Funds 22. Investment Banks, Security Brokers and Dealers, and Venture Capital Firms VII. The Management of Financial Institutions 23. Risk Management in Financial Institutions 24. Hedging with Financial Derivatives Glossary Index Chapters on the Web 25. Financial Crises in Emerging Market Economies 26. Savings Associations and Credit Unions 27. Finance Companies

2015

College Audience

332.10973

22

Yes