Authors:Ajay Shah, Susan Thomas, Michael Gorham,
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: markets, financial, stuart, center, press, iit, work, insider, guide, india, elsevier
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2008-08-04
List price: $77.95
ISBN-10: 012374251X
ISBN-13: 9780123742513

The whole world wants to invest in India. But how to do this successfully? Written by two Indian financial experts with a seasoned expert of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, this book tells you the why and how of investing in India. It explains how India’s financial markets work, discusses the amazing growth of the Indian economy, identifies growth drivers, uncovers areas of uncertainty and risk. It describes how each market works: private equity and IPOs, bonds, stocks, derivatives, commodities, real estate, currency. The authors include a discussion of capital controls in each section

Author: John, H Cochrane
Publisher: Now Publishers Inc
Keywords: trends, finance, foundations, economy, markets, real, financial
Number of Pages: 116
Published: 2005-10-21
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 1933019158
ISBN-13: 9781933019154

What are the real, macroeconomic risks that drive asset prices? This question is centrally important to macroeconomics. Where better to learn about the risks of recessions and depressions than by understanding the prices of assets such as stocks that carry macroeconomic risks? The question is also at the core of finance. For example, finance has long wondered if asset prices are "rational" or not. The only meaning of that term is whether asset prices are properly connected to macroeconomic risks. Financial Markets and the Real Economy reviews the current academic literature on the macroe

Authors:Norbert Walter, Rudiger von Rosen,
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
Keywords: markets, financial, international, german
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1995-01-31
List price: $230.00
ISBN-10: 1855731525
ISBN-13: 9781855731523

With contributions from some of Germany’s leading financial personnel, this book gives an accurate and expert view of the mechanisms and institutions behind one of the world’s leading financial markets.

Authors:Robert A. Schwartz, John Aidan Byrne, Antoinette Col
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: financial, markets, business, series, school, zicklin, risk, volatility, uncertainty
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2010-12-01
List price: $119.00
ISBN-10: 1441914730
ISBN-13: 9781441914736

Volatility is very much with us in today’s equity markets. Day-to-day price swings are often large and intra-day volatility elevated, especially at market openings and closings. What explains this? What does this say about the quality of our markets? Can short-period volatility be controlled by better market design and a more effective use of electronic technology? Featuring insights from an international array of prominent academics, financial markets experts, policymakers and journalists, the book addresses these and other questions concerning this timely topic. In so doing, we seek de

Author: Gilbert Durieux
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, Ltd.
Keywords: markets, financial, international, french
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1995-01-01
List price: $245.00
ISBN-10: 1855731169
ISBN-13: 9781855731165

The author’s have provided a clear vision of the French financial sector, which is often underestimated by the international community. The rate of change has been significant, with the size of Paris as a financial centre growing significantly faster than

Authors:Frank J. Fabozzi, Franco G Modigliani, Frank J. Jo
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: institutions, markets, financial, foundations
Number of Pages: 663
Published: 2001-09-29
List price: $113.33
ISBN-10: 0130180793
ISBN-13: 9780130180797

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the revolutionary developments occurring in the world’s financial markets and institutions —i.e., innovation, globalization, and deregulation —with a focus on the actual practices of financial institutions, investors, and financial instruments. KEY TOPICS: Extensive coverage of the markets for derivative securities. Coverage of Depository Institutions is included. For professionals in the field of financial markets.

Authors:Frank J. Fabozzi, Franco P. Modigliani, Frank J. Jon
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: institutions, markets, financial, foundations
Number of Pages: 696
Published: 2009-02-01
List price: $194.00
ISBN-10: 0136135315
ISBN-13: 9780136135319

A core text for one semester courses in Financial Institutions and Markets. A comprehensive exploration of the world’s financial markets and institutions. Foundations of Financial Markets and Institutions, offers a comprehensive exploration of the revolutionary developments occurring in the world’s financial markets and institutions --i.e., innovation, globalization, and deregulation--with a focus on the actual practices of financial institutions, investors, and financial instruments. This fourth edition incorporates and addresses the vast amount of changes that have recently occur