Finance and Financial Markets / Keith Pilbeam

The World of Finance.- Financial Intermediation and Financial Markets.- Financial Institutions.- Monetary Policy and Interest Rate Determination.- Domestic and International Money Markets.- The Domestic and International Bond Market.- Portfolio Analysis: Risk and Return in Financial Markets.- The Capital Asset Pricing Model.- Stockmarkets and Equities.- The Efficiency of Financial Markets.- The Foreign Exchange Market.- Theories of Exchange Rate Determination.- Financial Futures.- Options.- Option Pricing.- Swap Markets.- Financial Innovation and the Credit Crunch.- Regulation of the Financial Sector.

Finance& Financial Markets is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to finance, making the operation of financial institutions, markets and instruments readily understandable for students on business, economics and finance courses and those wanting to understand the workings of the financial world.