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 that even those who work in it often find hard to understand. With chapters on the markets that deal with money, foreign exchange, equities, bonds, commodities, financial futures, options and other derivatives, 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. Business history is littered with disasters that occurred because people involved their firms with financial instruments they didn't properly understand. If they had had this book they might have avoided their mistakes. For anyone wishing to understand financial markets, there is no better guide.

The indispensable classic on the trade in financial instruments

About the Author
Marc Levinson is a former finance and economics editor of The Economist. He has published widely on economic subjects in such journals as Harvard Business Review and Foreign Affairs. He was previously a senior writer at Newsweek, is a former senior fellow in international business at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, and more recently spent 10 years as an economist with JPMorgan Chase.


Book Information
ISBN 9781788160346
Author Marc Levinson
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Economist Books
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 304g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 132mm * 24mm