Handbook of finance Volume 1, Financial markets and instruments Volume 1, Financial markets and instruments
Volume I: Financial Markets and Instruments skillfully covers the general characteristics of different asset classes, derivative instruments, the markets in which financial instruments trade, and the players in those markets. It also addresses the role of financial markets in an economy, the structu...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
c2008.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627648006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Handbook of Finance Volume I: Financial Markets and Instruments; About the Editor; Contents; Contributors; Preface; TOPIC CATEGORIES; Guide to the Handbook of Finance; ORGANIZATION; TABLE OF CONTENTS; INDEX; CHAPTERS; Part I: Market Players and Markets; Chapter 1: Overview of Financial Instruments and Financial Markets; ISSUERS AND INVESTORS; DEBT VERSUS EQUITY INSTRUMENTS; CHARACTERISTICS OF DEBT INSTRUMENTS; FINANCIAL MARKETS; DERIVATIVE MARKETS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Investing; SETTING INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES; ESTABLISHING AN INVESTMENT POLICY
- SELECTING A PORTFOLIO STRATEGYCONSTRUCTING THE PORTFOLIO; EVALUATING PERFORMANCE; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: The American Banking System; GLOBAL BANKING CONSTANTS; STRUCTURE OF THE POST-DEPRESSION BANKING SECTOR; FORCES FOR CHANGE IN AMERICAN BANKING IN THE 1980s AND 1990s; DEREGULATION, REREGULATION, AND TODAY'S EVOLVING BANKING SYSTEM; THE AMERICAN BANKING SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNIQUE; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: Monetary Policy: How the Fed Sets, Implements, and Measures Policy Choices; KEY ECONOMIC INFLUENCES ON FED POLICY
- IMPLEMENTING MONETARY POLICY: THE TRANSMISSION PROCESSTHE IMPACT OF MONETARY POLICY: ITS DECLINING DIRECT INFLUENCE; GLOBAL CREDIBILITY: THE CENTRAL BANKER'S RESPONSIBILITY; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: Institutional Aspects of the Securities Markets; THE STOCK MARKET EFFICIENCY QUESTION; SOME HISTORY; THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE MARKET EFFICIENCY QUESTION; THE ROLE OF ORGANIZED MARKETS IN THE MARKET EFFICIENCY QUESTION; THE ROLE OF TRADING IN THE MARKET EFFICIENCY QUESTION; THE ROLE OF SECURITIES MARKET REGULATION IN THE MARKET EFFICIENCY QUESTION
- THE ROLE OF STOCK MARKET INDICATORS IN THE MARKET EFFICIENCY QUESTIONSUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: Investment Banking; TYPES OF INVESTMENT BANKS; INVESTMENT BANKING BUSINESS; TRENDS AND CHALLENGES; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: Securities Innovation; DEBT INNOVATIONS; STRUCTURED PRODUCTS; HYBRID CAPITAL SECURITIES; PREFERRED STOCK INNOVATIONS; CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES INNOVATIONS; COMMON EQUITY INNOVATIONS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: An Arbitrage Perspective of the Purpose and Structure of Financial Markets; RISK SHARING; STRUCTURE OF FINANCIAL MARKETS; ARBITRAGE: PURE VERSUS RELATIVE
- FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: ASSET TRANSFORMERS AND BROKER-DEALERSPRIMARY AND SECONDARY MARKETS; MARKET PLAYERS: HEDGERS VERSUS SPECULATORS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 9: Complete Markets; ECONOMIC ORIGINS OF COMPLETE MARKETS; COMPLETE MARKETS IN FINANCE; SECURITIES PRICING IN COMPLETE MARKETS; PRICE INFORMATION IN COMPLETE MARKETS; MISSING MARKETS AND FINANCIAL INNOVATION; THE MEAN-VARIANCE THEORY IN COMPLETE MARKETS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 10: Introduction to Islamic Finance; WHAT IS ISLAMIC FINANCE?; PROHIBITIONS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS
- NOMINATE CONTRACTS: FROM BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS TO COMPLEX STRUCTURES
