From the Age of Derivatives into the New Millennium

<p>Originally published in 2002, this volume focuses on the growth of derivatives, the savings and loan crisis, the merger mania of the 1980s, the accompanying insider trading scandals, and the battle with inflation. This history then reviews the market run-up in the 1990s and the rebirth of finance that was being strongly pushed by the Internet economy as the third millennium began. </p> <p><strong>Part 1: Financial Turmoil</strong> 1. Interest Rates and Other Concerns 2. Commissions and Scandals 3. New Economic Policy and New York City 4. Derivatives Expand 5. Interest Rates Again <b>Part 2: Markets Merge</b> 1. Derivatives Continue Their Growth 2. Hostages, Repos and Other Matters 3. Mergers and Insider Trading 4. Banking Woes 5. REITs and Asset-Backed Debt <b>Part 3: Finance Falters</b> 1. The Stock Market Crash of 1987 2. The S&L Crisis and Banking Scandals 3. Stock Markets and Brokers 4. The Crisis in Derivatives <b>Part 4: American Finance Rebounds</b> 1. Markets and Broker-Dealers 2. Insurance Troubles 3. Banking Growth 4. The Market Boom 5. International Finance and Derivatives <b>Part 5: The Century Closes </b>1. Internet Money and Trading 2. Banking Consolidation 3. Market Ups and Downs 4. Market Bubbles and Changes 5. Into the Millennium. </p>