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Foundations of Financial Markets and Institutions

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ISBN-10: 0136135315

ISBN-13: 9780136135319

Edition: 4th 2010

Authors: Frank J. Fabozzi, Frank J. Jones, Franco P. Modigliani

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A comprehensive exploration of the world's financial markets and institutions, this text offers a comprehensive exploration of the revolutionary developments occurring - innovation, globalization, and deregulation - with a focus on the actual practices of financial institutions, investors, and financial instruments.
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Book details

List price: $285.60
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 1/27/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 696
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.190
Language: English

Douglas J. Lucas is Executive Director and Head of CDO Research at UBS. He is also Chairman of The Bond Market Association's CDO Research Committee and ranked top three in CDO research in the Institutional Investor's fixed income analyst survey. Lucas has been involved in the CDO market for nearly two decades, having developed Moody's rating methodology for CDOs in 1989.LAURIE S. GOODMAN, PhD, is Managing Director and co-Head of Global Fixed Income Research at UBS. She manages U.S. Securitized Products and Treasury/Agency/Derivatives Research. Goodman has worked on Wall Street for over twenty years and is well regarded by the investor community, having won more #1 slots on the Institutional…    

Preface
Introduction
Financial Institutions, Financial Intermediaries, and Asset Management Firms
Depository Institutions: Activities and Characteristics
The U.S. Federal Reserve and the Creation of Money
Monetary Policy in the United States
Insurance Companies
Investment Companies and Exchange-Traded Funds
Pension Funds
Properties and Pricing of Financial Assets
The Level and Structure of Interest Rates
The Term Structure of Interest Rates
Risk/Return and Asset Pricing Models
Primary Markets and the Underwriting of Securities
Secondary Markets
Treasury and Agency Securities Markets
Municipal Securities Markets
Markets for Common Stock: The Basic Characteristics
Markets for Common Stock: Structure and Organization
Markets for Corporate Senior Instruments: I
Markets for Corporate Senior Instruments: II
The Markets for Bank Obligations
The Residential Mortgage Market
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Market
Market for Commercial Mortgage Loans and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
Market for Asset-Backed Securities
Financial Futures Markets
Options Markets
Pricing of Futures and Options Contracts
The Applications of Futures and Options Contracts
OTC Interest Rate Derivatives: Forward Rate Agreements, Swaps, Caps, and Floors
Market for Credit Risk Transfer Vehicles: Credit Derivatives and Collateralized Debt Obligations
Index