Feeling at home in the financial markets -- Where the money goes -- Financial markets run on information -- Giving credit where credit is due -- Fine print -- What is special about banks? -- Billion-dollar IOUs--using bonds to borrow -- Double identity of stocks -- Sell job -- Mysterious money market -- Think globally, lend-- globally -- Trading securities -- Returns and prices in the secondary market -- Truth about pricing -- A tale of two funds -- Market for corporate control -- What companies tell the markets -- What moves the markets -- When Central Banks talk, markets listen -- Interest rates as indicators -- Risk management and insurance -- Mortgages and securitization -- Whys and hows of financial regulation -- Future of finance.