TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mishkin,Frederic S.
AU  - Eakins,Stanley G.
TI  - Financial markets and institutions
T2  - Prentice Hall series in finance
SN  - 0321552113 (pbk.)
AV  - HG181 .M558 2009
U1  - 332.10973 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Pearson Prentice Hall
KW  - Financial institutions
KW  - United States
KW  - Money
KW  - Money market
KW  - Banks and banking
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and index; Why study financial markets and institutions? -- Overview of the financial system -- What do interest rates mean and what is their role in valuation? -- Why do interest rates change? -- How do risk and term structure affect interest rates? -- Are financial markets efficient? -- Structure of central banks and the federal reserve system -- Conduct of monetary policy : tools, goals, strategy, and tactics -- The money markets -- The bond market -- The stock market -- The mortage markets -- The foreign exchange market -- The international financial system -- Whay do financial institutions exist? -- What should be done about conflicts of interest? : a central issue in business ethics -- Banking and the management of financial institutions -- Commercial banking industry : structure and competition -- Savings associations and credit unions -- Banking regulation -- The mutual fund industry -- Insurance companies and pension funds -- Investment banks, security brokers and dealers, and venture capital firms -- Risk management in financial institutions -- Hedging with financial derivatives -- Finance companies
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip087/2007052864.html
ER  -