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Firms and
the Financial
Market
Slide Contents
Learning Objectives
Principles Applied in this Chapter
1.The Basic Structure of the U.S. Financial
Markets
2.The Financial Marketplace: Financial
Institutions
3.The Financial Marketplace: Securities
Markets
Key Terms
These include:
Financial services corporations, such as GE
Capital Division;
Insurance companies, such as Prudential;
Investment banks, such as Goldman Sachs;
Investment companies, including mutual funds,
hedge funds and private equity firms.
Securitization Process
1. Homebuyers borrow money by taking out
a mortgage loan
2. Lender sells the mortgage to another firm
or financial institution.
3. Financial institution pools together a
portfolio of mortgages. The purchase of
that portfolio is financed through sale of
MBS.
Accredited investor
Bond
Capital market
Commercial bank
Common stock
Coupon rate
Credit default swaps
Debt securities
Defined benefit plan
Defined contribution plan
Equity securities
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
Face or par value
Financial intermediaries
Hedge fund
Investment bank
Investment company
Leveraged buyout fund
Load fund
Maturity
Money market
Mutual fund
Net asset value (NAV)
Note
No-load fund
Organized security exchanges
Over-the-counter markets
Preferred stock
Primary market
Private equity firm
Proprietary trading
Secondary market
Security
Venture Capital firm