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Financial markets and institutions / [electronic resource] Frederic S. Mishkin, R.K Pattnaik, Tulsi Jayakumar and Stanley G. Eakins - 8th ed. - Delhi : Pearson , 2017. - e-book contains 704 pages

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Financial Markets and Institutions, 8/e

Financial Markets and Institutions, 8/e
Author(s) Frederic S. Mishkin, R.K Pattnaik, Tulsi Jayakumar and Stanley G. Eakins
ISBN 9789332585522
Imprint Pearson Education
Copyright 2017
Pages 704
Binding Paperback
List Price Rs. 875.00

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In Financial Markets and Institutions, bestselling authors Frederic S. Mishkin and Stanley G. Eakins provide a practical introduction to prepare students for today's changing landscape of financial markets and institutions.

A unifying framework uses core principles to organize students' thinking then examines the models as real-world scenarios from a practitioner's perspective. By analyzing these applications, students develop the critical-thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to respond to challenging situations in their future careers. Although this text has undergone a major revision, the Eighth Edition retains Mishkin/Eakins' hallmark pedagogy that make it the best-selling textbook on financial markets and institutions.

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I. Introduction


1. Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions?


2. Overview of the Financial System


II. Fundamentals of Financial Markets


3. What Do Interest Rates Mean and What Is Their Role in Valuation?


4. Why Do Interest Rates Change?


5. How Do Risk and Term Structure Affect Interest Rates?


6. Are Financial Markets Efficient?


III. Fundamentals of Financial Institutions


7. Why Do Financial Institutions Exist?


8. Why Do Financial Crises Occur and Why Are They So Damaging to the Economy?


IV. Central Banking and the Conduct of Monetary Policy


9. Central Banks and the Federal Reserve System


10. Conduct of Monetary Policy: Tools, Goals, Strategy, and Tactics


V. Financial Markets


11. The Money Markets


12. The Bond Market


13. The Stock Market


14. The Mortgage Markets


15. The Foreign Exchange Market


16. The International Financial System


VI. The Financial Institutions Industry


17. Banking and the Management of Financial Institutions


18. Financial Regulation


19. Banking Industry: Structure and Competition


20. The Mutual Fund Industry


21. Insurance Companies and Pension Funds


22. Investment Banks, Security Brokers and Dealers, and Venture Capital Firms


VII. The Management of Financial Institutions


23. Risk Management in Financial Institutions


24. Hedging with Financial Derivatives

In Financial Markets and Institutions, bestselling authors Frederic S. Mishkin and Stanley G. Eakins provide a practical introduction to prepare students for today's changing landscape of financial markets and institutions.

A unifying framework uses core principles to organize students' thinking then examines the models as real-world scenarios from a practitioner's perspective. By analyzing these applications, students develop the critical-thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to respond to challenging situations in their future careers. Although this text has undergone a major revision, the Eighth Edition retains Mishkin/Eakins' hallmark pedagogy that make it the best-selling textbook on financial markets and institutions.

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