Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Why Study
Financial Markets
and Institutions?
Chapter Preview
The evening news features a segment
about interest rates, the Fed Chairman
Ben Bernanke, and liquidity in credit
markets.
What does all this mean? Do I care about
interest rates? What is the Fed? Will this
impact my firms ability to get a bank loan?
2012 Pearson Prentice Hall. All rights reserved.
1-2
Chapter Preview
These are good questions.
And this course will help you answer these
questions by addressing a variety of topics
ranging from the functioning of the bond
and sock markets to the behavior of the
Fed and banks.
1-3
1-4
1-5
1-6
1-7
1-8
1-9
Stock
Market
1-10
1-11
1-12
2. Financial Crises
The financial crises of 20072009 was the worst
financial crisis since the Great Depression. Why
did it happen?
1-13
4. Financial Innovation
Focusing on the improvements in technology and
its impact on how financial products are delivered
1-14
1-15
1-16
1-17
Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
1-19
1-20
Exploring
the Web
1-21
Exploring
the Web
1-22
Exploring
the Web
1-23