Finance Concepts Are Covered In a Common Sense Manner and the Use of Mathematical Jargon Is Minimized Inside Modern Financial Markets: Prices, Yields, and Risk Analysis.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c49741) has announced the addition of Modern Financial Markets: Prices, Yields, and Risk Analysis to their offering. Throughout this concise, accessible book, readers will quickly learn the fundamental concepts of managerial finance while discovering how things really work. The material is explained using an intuitive theoretical context, providing them with a richer understanding of the material and better insights into solving problems. Finance concepts are covered in a common sense manner and the use of mathematical jargon is minimized. The unifying theme for the book is the concept of valuation since it is the most fundamental concept in finance. The authors define and discuss value in terms of net present value (NPV). Author information David W. Blackwell Dave Blackwell is the James W. Aston/RepublicBank Professor of Finance and Head of the Department of Finance at Texas A&M University's Mays Business School Mays Business School is the business school at Texas A&M University. The school educates over 4,800 students in undergraduate, master's and doctoral programs and consistently ranks among the top public business schools. . Prior to joining Texas A&M, Dr. Blackwell worked for several years as a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and KPMG LLP. Before his stint in the Big 4, he served on the faculties of the University of Georgia Organization The President of the University of Georgia (as of 2007, Michael F. Adams) is the head administrator and is appointed and overseen by the Georgia Board of Regents. , the University of Houston, and Emory University. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Rochester The University of Rochester (UR) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research university located in Rochester, New York. The university is one of 62 elected members of the Association of American Universities. . His publications have appeared in the leading scholarly journals of finance and accounting such as Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Management, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Accounting Research, and Journal of Accounting and Economics. While in the Big 4, Dr. Blackwell consulted on a broad range of issues including intellectual property valuation, securities and business valuation, corporate governance, and executive compensation. Dr. Blackwell received a Ph.D. in Finance and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. , Knoxville. He is a past president of the Southern Finance Association and a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Financial Research. Mark D. Griffiths Mark Griffiths is the Jack Anderson Professor of Fiance at Miami University's Richard T. Farmer School of Business The Farmer School of Business at Miami University is the 12th best public undergraduate business school according to Business Week. The departments include Accountancy, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing and Decision Science/Management Information Systems. . His research focuses primarily on issues in market microstructure, money markets and short-term interest rates Short-term interest rates Interest rates on loan contracts-or debt instruments such as Treasury bills, bank certificates of deposit or commerical paper-having maturities of less than one year. Often called money market rates. . Dr Griffiths publications appear in leading academic journals including Journal of Business, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Banking and Finance, and Journal of Financial Intermediation. He received undergraduate degrees in French and administrative studies from the University of Western Ontario Western is one of Canada's leading universities, ranked #1 in the Globe and Mail University Report Card 2005 for overall quality of education.[2] It ranked #3 among medical-doctoral level universities according to Maclean's Magazine 2005 University Rankings. and from York University, Canada, respectively. He completed an MBA in finance at York University before earning a masters degree in economics at the University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo (also referred to as UW, UWaterloo, or Waterloo) is a medium-sized research-intensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957. and a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Western Ontario. Drew B. Winters Drew Winters is the Jerry S. Rawls Jerry Rawls was born in Houston. He spent his early years growing up in Texas. An enterprising kid, he took up jobs to earn pocket money, and even became a part of a Junior achievement organization where they made soap and sold it to supermarkets. Professor of Finance and Area Coordinator of Finance at Texas Tech University's Rawls College of Business Rawls College of Business is the AACSB-accredited business school at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. It became the first college on the Texas Tech campus to be named after it received a $25 million gift from alumnus Jerry S. Rawls. . His research focuses on the behavior of short-term interest rates and the determinants of interest rates on bank lines of credit. His publications appear in leading journals such as Journal of Business, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Research, and counting Research, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Research, and the Economic Review of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Before joining Texas Tech, Dr. Winters Served at the University of Central Florida “UCF” redirects here. For other uses, see UCF (disambiguation). UCF is a member institution of the State University System of Florida. UCF was founded in 1963 as Florida Technological University with the goal of providing highly trained personnel to support the Kennedy , University of Southern Mississippi, University of Mississippi, University of, main campus at Oxford; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1844, opened 1848. The university medical center, which includes the schools of medicine, dentistry, and nursing, is in Jackson. Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Western Illinois University For another university which uses the abbreviation "WIU", see Webber International University Athletics
Chapter Outline:
Chapter 1. Overview of Risk, return, and Efficiency in Financial
Markets.
Chapter 2. Overview of Financial Institutions.
Chapter 3. The Level and Structure of Interest Rates.
Chapter 4. Money Markets.
Chapter 5. Bond Valuation.
Chapter 6. Mortgage Valuation.
Chapter 7. Equity Valuation.
Chapter 8. Foreign Exchange Markets.
Chapter 9. Forward and Futures Contracts.
Chapter 10. Option Markets.
Chapter 11. Introduction to Risk Management.
Chapter 12. Money Market Risk Management.
Chapter 13. Bond Risk Management.
Chapter 14. Mortgage Risk Management.
Chapter 15. Stock Portfolio Formation and Risk Management.
Chapter 16. Foreign Currency Risk Management.
Chapter 17. Derivative Risk Management.
Chapter 18. Interest Rate Derivatives.
Chapter 19. An Introduction to Credit Derivatives.
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