TY  - GEN
AU  -  Mishkin, Frederic S.
AU  -  Eakins, Stanley G.
TI  - Financial Markets and Institutions 
T2  - Prentice Hall series in finance
SN  - 0321374215 (alk. paper),9780321374219 (alk. paper) ,9780321552112 (pbk.), 0321552113 (pbk.)
AV  -  HG 181  .M558 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Pearson Prentice Hall
KW  - Financial institutions  . Money , Money market.  Banks and banking
KW  -  United States. United States.United States
N1  -  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  -