Guide to financial markets : why they exist and how they work / Marc Levinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levinson, Marc.

Series:

Economist series

The Economist

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance.

Physical Description:

296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Other Title:

Economist guide to financial markets

Place of Publication:

New York : Public Affairs, 2014.

Summary:

Extensively revised and updated following the fallout from the global financial crisis, the 6th edition of this highly regarded book brings the reader right up to speed with the latest financial market developments, and provides a clear and incisive guide to a complex world that even those who work in it often find hard to understand. In chapters on the markets that deal with money, foreign exchange, equities, bonds, commodities, financial futures, options and other derivatives, the book examines why these markets exist, how they work, and who trades in them, and gives a run-down of the factors that affect prices and rates. Business history is littered with disasters that occurred because people involved their firms with financial instruments they didn't properly understand. If they had had this book they might have avoided their mistakes. For anyone wishing to understand financial markets, there is no better guide.

Contents:

Why markets matter

Foreign-exchange markets

Money markets

Bond markets

Securitisation

International fixed-income markets

Equity markets

Futures and options markets

Derivatives markets.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1610393899

9781610393898 :

OCLC:

852733345