Acknowledgements -- The financial system -- 1general characteristics and pricing of financial securities -- Interest rate dynamics -- Risky assets, diversification and the market model -- The operation of the money markets -- The operation of the capital markets - the stock market -- The bond market -- Derivatives - forwards, futures and swaps -- Derivatives - options -- The central bank, money and the money supply -- Banking -- Other financial institutions -- And finally, before the assessment -- Glossary -- Index. |