Mishkin, Frederic S. <br/><br/>
Financial markets and institutions / 
Frederic S. Mishkin, Stanley G. Eakins. 
 - 6th ed 
 - Boston :  Pearson Prentice Hall,  2009. 
 - xxxix, 675, [35] p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  27 cm. 
 - Prentice Hall series in finance .
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780321552112 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Financial institutions --United States<br/>Money --United States<br/>Money market --United States<br/>Banks and banking --United States