An introduction to global financial markets / Stephen Valdez.
Material type: TextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.Edition: 5th edDescription: xix, 384 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780230006355 (pbk.) :
- 0230006353 (pbk.)
- 332.042 VAL
- HG186
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Previous ed.: 2003.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.The debt merry-go-round -- 2.Banking background -- 3.The role of the central bank -- 4.Commercial banking -- 5.Investment banking -- 6.The money and bond markets -- 7.Stock exchanges -- 8.Hedge funds and private equity -- 9.Foreign exchange -- 10.Trade finance -- 11.European economic and monetary union -- 12.Trade options -- 13.Financial futures - 14.Other derivative products -- 15.Insurance -- 16.The new tiger economies - China and India -- 17.Key trends.
This edition includes a new chapter on the emergence of the new economic powers China and India, the growth of hedge funds, and the rise of credit derivatives and bonds. It contains thorough and up-to-date coverage of key topics in the changing, international world of financial markets.