Finance & financial markets /
Pilbeam, Keith, 1961-
Finance & financial markets / Finance and financial markets Keith Pilbeam. - 3rd ed. - Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - xxvi, 518 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The world of finance -- 2. Financial intermediation and financial markets -- 3. Financial institutions -- 4. Monetary policy and interest rate determination -- 5. Domestic and international money markets -- 6. The domestic and international bond market -- 7. Portfolio analysis: risk and return in financial markets -- 8. The capital asset pricing model -- 9. Stockmarkets and equities -- 10. The efficiency of financial markets -- 11. The foreign exchange market -- 12. Theories of exchange rate determination -- 13. Financial futures -- 14. Options -- 15. Option pricing -- 16.Swap markets -- 17. Financial innovations and the credit crunch -- 18. Regulation of the financial sector.
A comprehensive and accessible introduction to finance, making the operation of financial institutions, market and instrument readily understandable.
9780230233218 (pbk.) 023023321X (pbk.)
Financial instruments.
Financial Institutions.
Capital market.
Money market.
International finance
Finance.
332.1 332.042
Finance & financial markets / Finance and financial markets Keith Pilbeam. - 3rd ed. - Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - xxvi, 518 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The world of finance -- 2. Financial intermediation and financial markets -- 3. Financial institutions -- 4. Monetary policy and interest rate determination -- 5. Domestic and international money markets -- 6. The domestic and international bond market -- 7. Portfolio analysis: risk and return in financial markets -- 8. The capital asset pricing model -- 9. Stockmarkets and equities -- 10. The efficiency of financial markets -- 11. The foreign exchange market -- 12. Theories of exchange rate determination -- 13. Financial futures -- 14. Options -- 15. Option pricing -- 16.Swap markets -- 17. Financial innovations and the credit crunch -- 18. Regulation of the financial sector.
A comprehensive and accessible introduction to finance, making the operation of financial institutions, market and instrument readily understandable.
9780230233218 (pbk.) 023023321X (pbk.)
Financial instruments.
Financial Institutions.
Capital market.
Money market.
International finance
Finance.
332.1 332.042