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041 _aENG
082 _a332.10973
_bMIS
100 _aMishkin, Frederic S.
245 _aFinancial markets and institutions /
_cFrederic S. Mishkin, Stanley G. Eakins.
250 _a6th ed.
260 _aNoida; India :
_bPearson Prentice Hall,
_c2013.
300 _axxxix, 675, [35] pages :
_billustrations (some color), maps ;
_c27 cm
505 _aWhy 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.
650 _aBanks and banking.
650 _aFinancial institutions.
700 _aEakins, Stanley G.
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_cBK