Foreign Exchange Market: An Introduction
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740305906
Table of contents: title: Content; title: Essence; title: Learning objectives; title: The foreign exchange market in a nutshell; title: Organisational structure of the forex market; title: Monetary unit; title: Foreign exchange and bank deposits; title: International spot rate quotation conventions; title: Two-way spot prices; title: Spread; title: Cross rates; title: Foreign exchange risk: appreciation and depreciation; title: Spot and derivative forex markets; title: Why exchange rates are important; title: Summary; title: Bibliography; title: Derivatives: forwards; title: Learning objectives; title: Introduction; title: Derivatives markets; title: Definition of a forward; title: Types of forwards; title: Outright forward foreign exchange contracts: functions and pricing; title: Forward exchange market; title: Summary; title: Bibliography; title: Derivatives: futures, options & swaps; title: Learning objectives; title: Introduction; title: Currency futures; title: Currency options; title: Currency swaps; title: Summary; title: Bibliography; title: Risks other than currency risk & other risk management tools; title: Learning objectives; title: Introduction; title: Risks other than currency risk in investments; title: Other risk mangement tools; title: Summary; title: Bibliography; title: Participants; title: Learning objectives; title: Introduction; title: Authorised dealer banks; title: Foreign exchange brokers; title: Foreign banks; title: Central bank; title: Government; title: Retail clients; title: Non-bank authorised dealers; title: Corporate sector; title: Arbitrageurs; title: Speculators; title: Summary; title: Bibliography; title: Effect on money stock & money market liquidity; title: Learning objectives; title: Introduction; title: Money identity; title: Money market identity; title: Purchases and sales of forex, M and the liquidity shortage; title: Forward market operations of the central bank; title: Forex swaps by the central bank; title: Summary; title: Endnotes