Guide to Financial Markets

Extensively revised to reflect the dramatic shifts and consolidation of the financial markets, the seventh edition of this highly regarded book provides a clear and incisive guide to a complex world. With chapters on the markets that deal with money, foreign exchange, equities, bonds, commodities, financial futures and more, it looks at why these markets exist, how they work and who trades in them, and it gives a run-down of the factors that affect prices and rates.