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JOB MARKET ADVICE FOR MY STUDENTS University of New Orleans Tulane University Securities Business & Brokerage Firms Economic Analysis, Industry Analysis, Company Analysis How to set personal and professional goals.
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Chapter 1 Terms: Asset, Banks, Bond, Budget Deficit, Business Cycle, Central Bank, Federal Reserve System (The Fed), Financial Intermediary, Financial Markets, Inflation, Inflation Rate, Interest Rate, Monetary Policy, Unemployment Rate. Chapter 2 Terms: Brokers, Capital Markets (Primary & Secondary Markets), Currency, Default, Discount Rate, Dividends, Equities, Exchanges, Federal Funds Rate, Intermediate Term, Investment Bankers, Liabilities, Long Term, Maturity, Money Market, Reserve Requirements, Underwriters. Check out pages 26 and 27 on short-term, direct-financing money market instruments: Commercial paper, banker's acceptances, repurchase agreements, federal (fed) funds. Chapter 3 Terms: Income, Liquidity. Chapter 4 Terms: Coupon Bond, Coupon Rate, Current Yield, Discount Bond, Face Value (Par Value), Fixed Payment Loan, Interest Rate Risk, Present Discounted Value (Present Value), Return (Rate of Return), Yield to Maturity. Time Value of Money. Chapter 5: SKIP CHAPTER 5 Chapter 6 Terms: Default Free Bonds, Default Risk, Expectations Theory, Inverted Yield Curve, Junk Bonds, Liquidity Preference (Premium) Theory, Risk Premium, Risk Structure of Interest Rates, Segmentation Markets Theory, Term Structure of Interest Rates, Yield Curve. Chapter 7: SKIP CHAPTER 7 Chapter 8 Terms: Bank Panic, Collateral, Costly State Verification, Creditor, Debt Deflation, Financial Crisis, Free-Rider Problem, Insolvent, Net Worth, Principal-Agent Problem, Restrictive Covenants, Secured Debt, Unsecured Debt, Venture Capital Firm. Chapter 9 Terms: Asset Management, Balance Sheet, Capital Adequacy Management, Compensating Balance, Credit Rationing, Credit Risk, Deposit Outflows, Deposit Rate Ceiling, Discount Loans, Discount Rate, Duration Analysis, Excess Reserves, Financial Engineering, GAP Analysis, Interest Rate Risk, Liability Management, Liquidity Management, Loan Commitment, Loan Sale, Money Center Banks, Off-Balance-Sheet Activities, Required Reserves, Required Reserve Ratio, Reserves, Return on Assets (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE), Virtual Bank. Chapter 10 Terms: Bank Holding Companies, Branches, Central Bank, Dual Banking System, National Banks, Nonbank Banks, Securitization, State Banks, Superregional Banks. Chapter 11: SKIP CHAPTER 11 Chapter 12 Terms: Annuities, Brokerage Firms, Closed-End Fund, Deductible, Defined-Benefit Plan, Defined-Contribution Plan, Fully Funded, Hedge Fund, Initial Public Offering (IPO), Reinsurance, Underfunded, Underwriters. Chapter 13 Terms: Arbitrage, Call Option, Exercise Price, Financial Derivatives, Financial Futures Contract, Financial Futures Option, Forward Contract, Hedge, Interest-Rate Forward Contract, Long Position, Macro Hedge, Micro Hedge, Open Interest, Option, Premium, Put Option, Short Position, Stock Option. |
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