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9780324289374

An Introduction To Financial Markets And Institutions

by Burton, Maureen
  • ISBN13:

    9780324289374

  • ISBN10:

    0324289375

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-03-01
  • Publisher: SOUTH-WESTERN PUBLISHING CO
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Summary

This text contains the strengths of the authors' money and banking text: they bring in a historical and evolutionary perspective, provide a global emphasis where appropriate, and cover all the topics common to traditional markets and institutions texts. In addition, they emphasize a flow-of-funds perspective and the text ends with a section on monetary policy. The text provides balanced coverage of the theories, policies, and institutions in a conversational style, avoiding complex models and high level mathematics, making it a student-friendly text with many unique features that offer additional explanation of concepts, analyses, and historical background. The text emphasizes how structural change, globalization, innovation, and technology affect the financial environment, with attention to how and why institutions and markets evolve.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Introduction and Overview
Money: A Unique Financial Instrument
Financial Markets, Instruments, and Market Makers
The Federal Reserve System
Financial Prices
Interest Rates and Bond Prices
The Structure of Interest Rates
Market Efficiency
How Exchange Rates are Determined
Financial Markets and Instruments
The Money Market
The Corporate and Government Bond Markets
The Stock Market
The Mortgage Market
The International Financial System
Financial Institutions
An Introduction to Financial Intermediaries and Risk
Commercial Banking Structure, Regulation, and Performance
Savings Associations and Credit Unions
Regulation of the Banking and Financial Services Industry
Insurance Companies
Pension Plans and Finance Companies
Securities Firms, Mutual Funds, and Financial Conglomerates
Managing Financial Risk
Risk Assessment and Management
Forward, Futures, and Options Agreements
Asset-Backed Securities, Interest-Rate Agreements, and Currency Swaps
Monetary Policy
Monetary Policy and the Financial System
Monetary Policy in a Globalized Financial System
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