本书采用国际化的视野和金融学教学的最新要求，以全面、简洁、实用为标准，通过1 8个章节展开阐述，涵盖了金融学的主要方面．从金融职业员工应具备的技能开始，介绍了金融的基本概念，如外汇汇率、利率、货币和银行、货币市场、筹资、财务报表、证券投资、债券、共同基金、证券交易所、期权期货、保险、国际金融组织和机构等。各章后还有词汇与表达法、注释、练习以及补充阅读文献，十分便于读者自学和课堂教学选用。
本书内容新颖实用，适合大专院校的金融、保险和投资专业学生使用，也可作为金融行业从业人员提高英语水平的培训教材。

Chapter 1 Careers in Finance
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials: Careers in Corporate Finance
Chapter 2 Money and Banks
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials:Deposit Insurance and Bank Failures
Seigniorage
Chapter 3 Interest Rate and Exchange Rate
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials:Factors Affecting Interest Rate Policy
The Need for Currency Exchange
Chapter 4 Money Market
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials:Money Management
Chapter 5 Business Financing
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials:Financing Through Franchising
Chapter 6 Financial Statements
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials: Cash Flow Statement
Chapter 7 Central Banks:The Federal Reserve System
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials:Foreign Central Banks
Chapter 8 Bank for International Settlement
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials:Changes in the World s Financial Markets in the Last 30 Years and Its Implications for the Future
Chapter 9 The World Bank
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials: What is the World Bank?
Chapter 10 The Asian Development Bank
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials:Accelerating Agriculture and Rural Development for Inclusive Growth Policy Implications for Developing Asia
Chapter 11 The Internationnal Monetary Fund
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials:World Economic Growth Stronger than Projected: IMF
Chapter 12 The Foreign Exchange Market
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials:Foreign Exchange Spreads
Chapter 13 Securities and Exchange Commission
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials:China Securities Regulatory Commission（CSRC）
Chapter 14 Investments
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials: Investing
Chapter 15 Bond Basics
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials:Retail Notes Make Bond Investing Easier
Chapter 16 Mutual Funds
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials:The Truth Behind Mutual Fund Returns
Chapter 17 Futures Markets
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials: Options Basics
Chapter 18 Insurance
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Reading Materials:Insight into Insurance Scoring
Medicaid Versus LTC Insurance
References