1.Chapter Previews at the beginning of each chapter give students an overview of the chapter, explaining why specific topics are important and how they relate to other topics in the book.
2.Cases demonstrate how the analysis in the book can explain many important real-world situations. A special set of cases called Case: Reading the Wall Street Journal show students how to read daily columns in this leading financial newspaper.
3.Following the Financial News boxes introduce students to relevant news articles and data often reported daily in financial news sources and explain how to read them.
4.Inside the Fed boxes give students a feel for what is important in the operation and structure of the Federal Reserve System, and delve into major changes to monetary policy and lending following the financial crisis.
PART I: INTRODUCTION
Ch 1 Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions?
Ch 2 Overview of the Financial System
PART II: FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS
Ch 3 What Do Interest Rates Mean and What Is Their Role in Valuation?
Ch 4 Why Do Interest Rates Change?
Ch 5 How Do Risk and Term Structure Affect Interest Rates?
Ch 6 Are Financial Markets Efficient?
PART III: FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Ch 7 Why Do Financial Institutions Exist?
Ch 8 Why Do Financial Crises Occur and Why Are They So Damaging to the Economy?
PART IV: CENTRAL BANKING AND THE CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY
Ch 9 Central Banks
Ch10 Conduct of Monetary Policy
PART V: FINANCIAL MARKETS
Ch11 The Money Markets
Ch12 The Bond Market
Ch13 The Stock Market
Ch14 The Mortgage Markets
Ch15 The Foreign Exchange Market
Ch16 The International Financial System
PART VI: THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INDUSTRY
Ch17 Banking and the Management of Financial Institutions
Ch18 Financial Regulation
Ch19 Banking Industry: Structure and Competition
Ch20 The Mutual Fund Industry
Ch21 Insurance Companies and Pension Funds
Ch22 Investment Banks, Security Brokers and Dealers, and Venture Capital Firms
PART VII: THE MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Ch23 Risk Management in Financial Institutions
Ch24 Hedging with Financial Derivatives
Chapters on the Web
Ch25 Financial Crises in Emerging Market Economies
Ch26 Savings Associations and Credit Unions
Ch27 Finance Companies
作者：Frederic S. Mishkin
現職：Columbia University
作者：Stanley G. Eakins
現職：East Carolina University