The Financial System’s Cast of Characters

Pamela P. Drake, Frank J. Fabozzi and Francesco A. Fabozzi

Chapter 3 in Introduction to Finance:Financial Management and Investment Management, 2022, pp 45-73 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: There is a large number of players in the financial system who buy and sell financial instruments. The Federal Reserve (“the Fed”), in information about the financial markets that it publishes quarterly, classifies players into sectors. We report the broadest classification in Figure 3.1. The purpose of this chapter is to introduce you to all these players in the financial system, which we will do using the Federal Reserve’s classification by sectors. Households and nonprofits are self-explanatory, so we will focus on the other sectors…

Keywords: Financial Management; Investment Management; Derivatives; Common Stock; Bonds; Company Analysis; Entrepreneurial Finance; Financial Instruments; Financial System; Financial Statements; Time Value of Money; Yields; Present Value; Future Value; Financial Strategy; Dividend Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G1 G3 N2 O16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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