TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pilbeam,Keith
TI  - Finance &​ financial markets /​
SN  - 9780230233218 (pbk.)
U1  - 332.1 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Basingstoke [England], New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Financial instruments
KW  - Financial Institutions
KW  - Capital market
KW  - Money market
KW  - International finance
KW  - Finance
N1  - 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
N2  - A comprehensive and accessible introduction to finance, making the operation of financial institutions, market and instrument readily understandable
ER  -