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An Introduction to Trading in the Financial Markets SET

  • 1st Edition - April 11, 2012
  • Latest edition
  • Author: R. Tee Williams
  • Language: English

How do financial markets operate on a daily basis? These four volumes introduce the structures, instruments, business functions, technology, regulations, and issues commonly fo… Read more

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Description

How do financial markets operate on a daily basis? These four volumes introduce the structures, instruments, business functions, technology, regulations, and issues commonly found in financial markets. Placing each of these elements into context, Tee Williams describes what people do to make the markets run. His descriptions apply to all financial markets, and he includes country-specific features, stories, historical facts, glossaries, and brief technical explanations that reveal individual variations and nuances. Detailed visual cues reinforce the author’s insights to guide readers through the material. This book will explain where brokers fit into front office, middle office, and back office operations.

Key features

  • Provides easy-to-understand descriptions of all major elements of financial markets
  • Heavily illustrated so readers can easily understand advanced materials
  • Filled with graphs and definitions that help readers learn quickly
  • Offers an integrated context based on the author's 30 years' experience

Table of contents

Book One: Market BasicsPart1: OverviewPart 2: The Buy sidePart 3: The Sell sidePart 4: Supporting facilitiesBook Two: Technology, Networks and DataPart 1: SystemsPart 2: DataPart 3: NetworksPart 4: Processes

Book Three: Trading, Instruments, and ProcessesPart 1: Investing and TradingPart 2: Markets and MarketplacesPart 3: InstrumentsPart 4: Processes

Book Four: Global Markets, Regulation, and CompliancePart 1: Global MarketsPart 2: RiskPart 3: Compliance RiskPart 4: RegulationPart 5: Playing the Game

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 11, 2012
  • Language: English

About the author

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R. Tee Williams

R. "Tee" Williams is an expert on market data operations and strategy.
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant and Principal of Tee Williams Associates