Incluye bibliografías e índice.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Section I. The players. Chapter 2: Overview of Market Participants and Financial Innovation ; Chapter 3: Depository Institutions ; Chapter 4: Nondepository Institutions ; Chapter 5: Investment Banking Firms -- Section II. Organization and structure of markets. Chapter 6: The Primary Markets ; Chapter 7: Secondary Markets -- Section III. Risk and return theories. Chapter 8: Risk and Return Theories: I ; Chapter 9: Risk and Return Theories: II -- Section IV. Derivatives markets. Chapter 10: Introduction to Financial Futures Markets ; Chapter 11: Introduction to Options Markets ; Chapter 12: Introduction to Swaps, Caps and Floors Markets -- Section V. The equity market. Chapter 13: Common Stock Market ; Chapter 14: Stock Options Markets ; Chapter 15: Stock Index Derivative Markets -- Section VI. Interest rate determination and bond valuation. Chapter 16: The Theory and Structure of Interest Rates ; Chapter 17: Valuation of Debt Contracts and Their Price Volatility Characteristics ; Chapter 18: The Term Structure of Interest Rates -- Section VII. Debt markets. Chapter 19: Money Markets ; Chapter 20: Treasury and Agency Securities Markets ; Chapter 21: Corporate Bond Market ; Chapter 22: Medium-Term Note, Bank Loan, and Preferred Stock Markets ; Chapter 23: Municipal Securities Markets ; Chapter 24: The Mortgage Market ; Chapter 25: Market for Mortgage Pass-Through Securities ; Chapter 26: The Market for Collateralized Mortgage Obligations ; Chapter 27: The Market Asset-Backed Securities ; Chapter 28: Exchange-Traded Interest Rate Futures and Options ; Chapter 29: Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Derivative Markets -- Section VIII. Foreign exchange markets. Chapter 30: Foreign Exchange Market ; Chapter 31: Instruments for Controlling Foreign-Exchange Risk.