Foundations Of Financial Markets and Institutions

Foundations Of Financial Markets and Institutions covers:

• Financial Institutions, Financial Intermediaries, and Asset Management Firms
• Depository Institutions: Activities and Characteristics
• The U.S. Federal Reserve and the Creation of Money
• Monetary Policy in the United States
• Insurance Companies
• Investment Companies and Exchange-Traded Funds
• Pension Funds
• Properties and Pricing of Financial Assets
• The Level and Structure of Interest Rates
• The Term Structure of Interest Rates
• Risk/Return and Asset Pricing Models
• Primary Markets and the Underwriting of Securities
• Secondary Markets
• Treasury and Agency Securities Markets
• Municipal Securities Markets
• Markets for Common Stock: The Basic Characteristics
• Markets for Common Stock: Structure and Organization
• Markets for Corporate Senior Instruments
• The Markets for Bank Obligations
• The Residential Mortgage Market
• Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Market
• Market for Commercial Mortgage Loans and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
• Market for Asset-Backed Securities
• Financial Futures Markets
• Options Markets
• Pricing of Futures and Options Contracts
• The Applications of Futures and Options Contracts
• OTC Interest Rate Derivatives: Forward Rate Agreements, Swaps, Caps, and Floors
• Market for Credit Risk Transfer Vehicles: credit Derivatives and Collateralized Debt Obligations
• The Market for Foreign Exchange and Risk Control Instruments