TY  - GEN
AU  - Mishkin, Frederic S.
AU  - Eakins, Stanley G.
AU  - Jayakumar, Tulsi
AU  - Pattnaik, R.K.
TI  - Financial markets and institutions
SN  - 9789332585522
U1  - 332.10973 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - India
PB  - Pearson India Education Services Pvt. Ltd.
KW  -  Financial institutions
N1  - Table of Content
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
N2  - n 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.
(https://www.pearsoned.co.in/web/books/9789332585522_Financial-Markets-and-Institutions_Frederic-S-Mishkin.aspx)
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