- Item type
- Book
- Language
- English
- Publication year
- 2009
- Edition no.
- 6th ed.
- ISBN
- 0-321-55211-3
- Subjects
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"In Financial Markets and Institutions, best-selling authors Mishkin and Eakins provide a practical introduction to prepare students for today's changing landscape of financial markets and institutions. A unifying framework uses a few core principles to organize students' thinking then examines the models as real-world scenarios from a practitioner's perspective. By analyzing these applications, students develop the critical-thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to respond to challenging situations in their future careers." - from worldcat.
PART I: INTRODUCTION --- 1. Why study financial markets and institutions? --- 2. Overview of the financial system --- PART 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? --- PART III: CENTRAL BANKING AND THE CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY --- 7. Structure of central banks and the federal reserve system --- 8. Conduct of monetary policy: tools, goals, strategy, and tactics --- PART IV: FINANCIAL MARKETS --- 9. The money markets --- 10. The bond market --- 11. The stock market ---12. The mortgage markets --- 13. The foreign exchange market --- 14. The international financial system --- PART V: FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS --- 15. Why do financial institutions exist? --- 16. What should be done about conflicts of interest? a central issue in business ethics ---PART VI: THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INDUSTRY --- 17. Banking and the management of financial institutions --- 18. Commercial banking industry: structure and competition --- 19. Savings associations and credit unions --- 20. Banking regulation --- 21. The mutual fund industry --- 22. Insurance companies and pension funds --- 23. Investment banks, security brokers and dealers, and venture capital firms --- PART VII: THE MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS --- 24. Risk management in financial institutions --- 25. Hedging with financial derivatives on the web --- 26. Finance companies appendices on the web chapter --- Chapter 4 Appendix 1: Models of asset pricing --- Chapter 4 Appendix 2: Applying the asset market approach to a commodity market: the case of gold --- Chapter 4 Appendix 3: Loanable funds framework --- Chapter 4 Appendix 4: Supply and demand in the market for money: the liquidity preference framework --- Chapter 8 Appendix: The Fed's balance sheet and the monetary base --- Chapter 14 Appendix: balance of payments --- Chapter 20 Appendix: Evaluating FDICIA and other proposed reforms of the banking regulatory system --- Chapter 25 Appendix: More on hedging with financial derivatives..
