02262nam a2200349Ia 4500 297494 OCoLC 20160527203416.0 100519s2009 maua 001 0 eng 2007052864 9780321374219 0321374215 (OCoLC)57429050 DLC DLC BAKER NLGGC IG# BTCTA YDXCP pcc n-us--- Arecibo - PUXA HG181 .M558 2006 332.10973 M6782f6 22 Mishkin, Frederic S. 137162 Local Financial markets and institutions Frederic S, Mishkin, Stanley G. Eakins. 6th ed. Boston Pearson/Prentice Hall c2009. xxxix, 675, p. col. ill. 26 cm. 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. Financial institutions United States. 96525 Local Banks and banking United States. 57496 Local Money market United States. 137825 Local Money United States. 137817 Local Eakins, Stanley G. 89621 Local 216581 216581 0 0 ddc 0 332_109730000000000_M6782F6 0 abl 362590 1 1 17 2016-05-27 University Books 110.00 449015 0 332.10973 M6782f6 60000010110549 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:297494 6