TY - BOOK AU - Mishkin,Frederic S. TI - Financial markets and institutions / SN - 0321552113 AV - HG 181 .M57 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Boston, Mass : PB - Pearson Prentice Hall, KW - Mercado financiero KW - Instituciones financieras N1 - Incluye bibliografía e índice; 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 ER -