Financial Institutions Markets & Money

by Kidwell, David S.

• ISBN13: 9780470004012
• ISBN10: 0470004010
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Financial Institutions, Markets, and Money, Ninth Edition is written specifically for students. The authors have a knack for explaining difficult concepts in an intuitive manner, without watering the material down. In addition, there are a number of examples related to the types of finance transactions that young professionals face, such as buying and financing a home or determining the rate of return on an investment.

Table of Contents

PART I. THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

1. The Financial System: Money and Prices.

2. An Overview of Financial Institutions.

3. Fundamentals of Financial Markets.

PART II. HOW INTEREST RATES ARE DETERMINED.

4. Bond Prices, Bond Yields, and Interest Rate Risk.

5. The Level of Interest Rates.

6. The Structure of Interest Rates.

7. The Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, and Interest Rates.

PART III. FINANCIAL MARKETS.

8. Fixed Income Markets.

9. Markets for Equity Securities.

10. Mortgage Markets.

11. Futures, Forward, Swaps, and Option Markets.

12. International Exchange and Credit Markets - Introduction.

PART IV. COMMERCIAL BANKING.

13. Commercial Bank Operations.

14. Bank Management and Profitability.

15. International Banking.

16. Regulation of Financial Institutions.

PART V. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

17. Thrift Institutions and Mortgage Banking.

18. Finance Companies and Credit Unions.

19. Investment Banks, Venture Capitalists, and Hedge Funds.

20. Insurance Companies and Pension Funds.

21. Financial Conglomerates and Investment Companies.

PART VI. THE FUTURE OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

22. Looking Ahead.