Chapter One What is Finance Supplementary Reading: Public Finance Chapter Two Stock Supplementary Reading: The Dot-com Bubble Chapter Three Bond Supplementary Reading: Junk Bonds: Everything You Need To Know Chapter Four Foreign Exchange and Exchange Rate Supplementary Reading: Currency War of 2009-11 Chapter Five Central Bank Supplementary Reading: The Federal Reserve Chapter Six Commercial Bank Supplementary Reading: Bank Run Chapter Seven Investment Bank Supplementary Reading: Morgan Stanley Chapter Eight Financial Market Supplementary Reading: Capital Market Chapter Nine Stock Exchange Supplementary Reading: New York Stock Exchange Chapter Ten Offshore Financial Center Supplementary Reading: The Truth about Tax Havens Chapter Eleven 1997 Asian Financial Crisis Supplementary Reading: Ten Years After: The Lasting Impact of the Asian Financial Crisis Chapter Twelve The Collapse of Barings Bank Supplementary Reading: Nick Leeson Chapter Thirteen Subprime Mortgage Crisis Supplementary Reading: The Federal Reserve's Response to the Financial Turmoil Chapter Fourteen One Market, One Money, One Price Supplementary Reading: The History ofthe Euro Chapter Fifteen Five Myths about the Chinese Economy Supplementary Reading: What are the prospects for China's Economy Appendix I Glossary Appendix II Ternunology Appendix IIIBackground Knowledge