TY - BOOK AU - Valdez,Stephen TI - An introduction to global financial markets SN - 9781137007520 (pbk.) AV - HG173 .V184 2013 U1 - 332/.042 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York, NY PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Finance KW - Europe KW - United States KW - Japan KW - Financial institutions N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The debt merry-go-round -- Banking background -- The role of the central bank -- Commercial banking -- Investment banking -- Regulation -- The money and bond markets -- Stock exchanges -- Hedge funds and private equity -- Financial crisis -- Foreign exchange -- European economic and monetary union -- Traded options -- Financial futures -- Other derivative products -- Emerging growth leading economies -- Key trends ER -