Drawing on the author's experience in financial management, this text discusses
financial markets, institutions and management techniques together in a unified
theoretical framework. The practical approach reveals the similarities as well
as the differences between the various financial institutions. It also places
all the discussions squarely in a "real-world" context, which helps students
understand how deregulation, the S&L crisis and other market variables affect
financial institutions. The text also features a number of unique analytical
tools developed and used by the author in his capacity as head of several large
financial service firms.