Financial markets and institutions / Frederic S. Mishkin y Stanley G. Eakins.

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Contents in detail, ix -- Contents on the web, xxvii -- Preface, xxix -- About the authors, xxxix -- Part. One introduction, 1 -- 1. Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions?, 3 -- 2. Overview of the Financial System, 17 -- Part two. Fundamentals of financial markets -- 3. What Do Interest Rates Mean and What Is Their Role in Valuation?, 41 -- 4. Why Do Interest Rates?, 71 -- 5. How Do Risk and Term Structure Affect Interest Rates?, 99 -- 6. Arc Financial Markets efficient?, 127 -- Part three. Central banking and the conduct of monetary policy, 145 -- 7. Structure of Central Banks and the Federal Reserve System, 147 -- 8. Conduct of Monetary Policy: Tools, Coals, Strategy, and Tactics, 159 -- Part four. Financial markets, 209 -- 9. The Money Markets, 911 -- 10. The Bond Market, 237 -- 11. The Stock Market, 259 -- 12. The Mortgage Markets, 281 -- 13. The Foreign Exchange Market, 305 -- 14. The International Financial System, 337 -- Part five. Fundamentals of financial institutions, 363 -- 15. Why Do Financial Institutions Exist?, 365 -- 16. What Should Be Done About Conflicts of Interest? A Central Issue in Business Ethics, 399 Part six the financial institutions industry, 419 -- 17. Banking and the Management of Financial Institutions, 421 -- 18. Commercial Banking Industry: Structure and Competition, 449 -- 19. Savings Associations and Credit Unions, 433 -- 20. Banking Regulation, 511 -- 21. The Mutual Fund Industry, 537 -- 22. Insurance Companies and Pension Funds, 561 -- 23. Investment Banks, Security Brokers and Dealers, and Venture Capital Firms, 591 -- Part seven. The management of financial institutions, 617 -- 24. Risk Management in Financial Institutions, 619 -- 25. Hedging with Financial Derivatives, 641 -- 26. Finance Companies, W-I -- Glossary, G-1 -- Index, I-I.