Essentials of Money and Capital Markets

<p><em>Essentials of Money and Capital Markets</em> provides students with a comprehensive but concise exploration of financial institutions and financial instruments. <br /><br />The book begins with a discussion of the debt levels in the United States the variability of interest rates and the financial crisis of 2007-2009. Over the course of 14 chapters students learn about the Federal Reserve the U.S. Treasury pension plans mutual funds banks determinants of interest rates time values money market instruments and rates and the risks associated with changing interest rates. Dedicated chapters address spot and forward interest rates arbitrage for bonds theories of the term structure of interest rates bond ratings and default risk mortgages and mortgage-backed securities futures contracts and financial futures. <br /><br />The fourth edition features updated coverage of the causes and consequences of the financial crisis of 2007-2009. <br /><br />Featuring class-tested content and insightful coverage <em>Essentials of Money and Capital Markets</em> is well suited for graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses in business economics and finance.</p><p><strong>Miles B. Livingston</strong> is the Bank of America Professor of Finance in the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida. He holds a Ph.D. and M.B.A. with distinction from New York University and a B.A. from Columbia University. Professor Livingston has taught at the University of Wisconsin the University of Oregon Concordia University York University the College of William and Mary Erasmus University and the University of Melbourne. He has published numerous scholarly articles in a variety of finance journals. In 2005 he was named a Prolific Author in Finance by the <em>Journal of Finance Literature</em>.</p>