Completely revised and updated to include the ongoing financial crisis and the Obama administration's programs to combat it, this is the best available introductory textbook for an undergraduate course on Financial Markets and Institutions. It provides balanced coverage of theories, policies, and institutions in a conversational style that avoids complex models and mathematics, making it a student-friendly text with many unique teaching features. Financial crises, global competition, deregulation, technological innovation, and growing government oversight have significantly changed financial markets and institutions. The new edition of this text is designed to capture the ongoing changes, and to present an analytical framework that enables students to understand and anticipate changes in the financial system and accompanying changes in markets and institutions. The text includes Learning Objectives and end-of-chapter Key Words and Questions, and an online Instructor's Manual is available to adopters.
Pt. 1 Introduction
Ch. 1 Introduction and Overview 3
Ch. 2 Money: A Unique Financial Instrument 23
Ch. 3 Financial Markets, Instruments, and Market Makers 45
Ch. 4 An Introduction to Financial Intermediaries and Risk 67
Pt. 2 Financial Prices
Ch. 5 Interest Rates and Bond Prices 91
Ch. 6 The Structure of Interest Rates 113
Ch. 7 Market Efficiency and the Flow of Funds Among Sectors 137
Ch. 8 How Exchange Rates Are Determined 157
Pt. 3 Central Banking and Monetary Policy
Ch. 9 The Overseer: The Federal Reserve System 187
Ch. 10 Monetary Policy 209
Pt. 4 Financial Markets
Ch. 11 The Money Markets 239
Ch. 12 The Corporate and Government Bond Markets 267
Ch. 13 The Stock Market 293
Ch. 14 The Mortgage Market 325
Pt. 5 Financial Institutions
Ch. 15 Commercial Banking Structure, Regulation, and Performance 351
Ch. 16 Savings Associations and Credit Unions 375
Ch. 17 Regulation of the Banking System and the Financial Services Industry 399
Ch. 18 Insurance Companies 427
Ch. 19 Pension Plans and Finance Companies 449
Ch. 20 Securities Firms, Mutual Funds, and Financial Conglomerates 473