Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Introduction to the Pan Caribbean or Money and Capital Markets

Introduction to the Pan-Caribbean

Author: Tracey Skelton

With its diverse histories of slavery, plantations, colonialism and independence, the Caribbean is richly layered, highly complex and a wonderful example of people's resistance. The pan-Caribbean region also provides an excellent geography through which to understand and analyze the complex processes of globalization, development, migration, tourism, and social and cultural relations. This book is an excellent introduction and is your map through one of the most extraordinary and remarkable parts of the world.



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Money and Capital Markets

Author: Peter S Ros

This highly successful text continues to gain market share in addition to holding to a very loyal base of business. This text, while highly descriptive is also very comprehensive. It analyzes the entire financial system and its component parts with an expanded discussion in nearly every chapter of the trend toward globalization of financial markets and institutions. It also discusses all major types of financial instruments and provides a thorough grounding in interest rate and security price determination.

Booknews

An introductory textbook on how money and capital markets around the globe work to fulfill the varied roles of facilitating savings and investment, making payments, supplying credit, accumulating wealth, supplying liquidity, protecting against risk, and supporting public policy. The 4th edition (3rd was 1989) contains an expanded discussion of the techniques of risk management, particularly futures and options contracts and swaps. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)



Table of Contents:
Pt. 1The Financial System in Perspective
Ch. 1The Role of the Financial System in the Global Economy3
Ch. 2Financial Assets, Money, and Financial Transactions28
Ch. 3Sources of Information for Financial Decision Making in the Money and Capital Markets53
Pt. 2Financial Institutions in the Financial System
Ch. 4Commercial Banks and Money Creation85
Ch. 5Nonbank Thrift Institutions: Credit Unions, Savings and Loan Associations, Savings Banks, and Money Market Mutual Funds122
Ch. 6Insurance Companies, Pension Funds, and Other Financial Institutions146
Pt. 3Interest Rates and Security Prices
Ch. 7Interest Rates in the Financial System181
Ch. 8Relationships between Interest Rates and Security Prices213
Ch. 9Inflation, Yield Curves, and Duration: Their Relationship to Interest Rates and Security Prices237
Ch. 10Marketability, Default Risk, Call Privileges, Taxes, and Other Factors Affecting Interest Rates275
Ch. 11Interest Rate Forecasting and Hedging against Interest Rate Risk301
Ch. 12Financial Futures Contracts and Options on Futures331
Pt. 4The Money Market
Ch. 13Characteristics of the Money Market371
Ch. 14Treasury Bills, Dealer Loans, and Repurchase Agreements386
Ch. 15Federal Funds, Negotiable CDs, and Loans from the Discount Window407
Ch. 16Commercial Paper and Federal Agency Securities428
Ch. 17International Money Market Instruments: Bankers' Acceptances, and Eurodollars448
Pt. 5The Consumer in the Financial Markets
Ch. 18Consumer Lending and Borrowing471
Ch. 19The Residential Mortgage Market499
Pt. 6Businesses in the Financial Markets
Ch. 20Business Borrowing in the Money and Capital Markets527
Ch. 21Corporate Stock557
Pt. 7Government in the Financial Markets
Ch. 22Central Banking and the Role of the Federal Reserve539
Ch. 23The Tools of Monetary Policy616
Ch. 24Indicators and Goals of Monetary Policy643
Ch. 25The Treasury in the Financial Markets675
Ch. 26State and Local Governments in the Financial Markets708
Pt. 8The International Financial System and the Future
Ch. 27The Balance of Payments and International Transactions735
Ch. 28The Markets for Foreign Exchange756
Ch. 29International Banking788
Ch. 30The Future of the Financial Systems806
Appendix A: Security Credit Ratings
Appendix B: Present Value, Annuity, Compound Interest, and Annual Percentage Rate (APR) Tables
Money and Capital Markets Dictionary
Index

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