TY  - GEN
AU  - Mishkin,Frederic S.
AU  - Eakins,Stanley G.
TI  - Financial markets and institutions
T2  - The Pearson series in finance
SN  - 9780133423624
U1  - 332.1 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Pearson
KW  - Financial institutions
KW  - United States.
KW  - Money
KW  - Money market
N1  - Includes index; 1. Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions? --
2. Overview of the Financial System --
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? --
9. Central Banks and the Federal Reserve System --
10. Conduct of Monetary Policy: Tools, Goals, Strategy, and Tactics --
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 --
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 --
23. Risk Management in Financial Institutions --
24. Hedging with Financial Derivatives--
25. Financial Crises in Emerging Market Economies --
26. Savings Associations and Credit Unions --
27. Finance Companies
N2  - A unifying framework uses 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. Although this text has undergone a major revision, the Eighth Edition retains Mishkin/Eakins’ hallmark pedagogy that make it the best textbook on financial markets and institutions
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