Capital markets : institutions and instruments

For courses in Markets and Institutions or Money and Capital Markets This book helps prepare students for careers in Finance by describing a wide range of instruments for financing, investing, and controlling risk available in today's financial markets.

SECTION I: THE PLAYERS AND MARKETS Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Overview of Market Participants and Financial Innovation Chapter 3: Depository Institutions Chapter 4: Insurance Companies Chapter 5: Asset Management Firms Chapter 6: Investment Banking Firms Chapter 7: Primary and Secondary Markets SECTION II: RISK AND RETURN THEORIES Chapter 8: Risk and Return Theories: I Chapter 9: Risk and Return Theories: II SECTION III: DERIVATIVES MARKETS Chapter 10: Introduction to Financial Futures Markets Chapter 11: Introduction to Options Markets Chapter 12: Introduction to Swaps, Caps, and Floor Markets SECCTION IV: THE EQUITY MARKETS Chapter 13: Common Stock Market: I Chapter 14: Common Stock Market: II Chapter 15: Stock Options Market Chapter 16: The Market for Stock Index Products and Other Equity Derivatives SECTION V: INTEREST RATE DETERMINATION AND BOND VALUATION Chapter 17: The Theory and Structure of Interest Rates Chapter 18: Valuation of Debt Contracts and Their Price Volatility Characteristics Chapter 19: The Term Structure of Interest Rates SECTION VI: DEBT MARKETS Chapter 20: Money Markets Chapter 21: Treasury and Agency Securities Markets Chapter 22: Corporate Senior Instruments Markets: I Chapter 23: Corporate Senior Instruments Markets: II Chapter 24: Municipal Securities Markets Chapter 25: The Residential Mortgage Market Chapter 26: The Market for Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Chapter 27: The Market for Asset-Backed Securities Chapter 28: Commercial Mortgage Loans and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Chapter 29: International Bond Market Chapter 30: Interest Rate Risk Transfer Vehicles: Exchange-Traded Products Chapter 31: Interest Rate Risk Transfer Vehicles: OTC Products Chapter 32: Credit Risk Transfer Vehicles SECTION VIII: FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKETS Chapter 33: The Market Foreign Exchange and Risk Control Instruments