" Introduction to Islamic Banking and Finance " is a succinct guide to the key characteristics of Islamic banking highlighting how these differ from conventional banking. This detailed book ...

Financial conditions indexes summarize a broad range of financial indicators with the goal of measuring how financial markets affect economic activity. Evidence from event studies with high-frequency ...

Olivia Peluso is an experienced journalist with over 1,500 published stories across personal finance, economics, and public policy. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced ...

Bitcoin is a digital currency that exists purely in the digital realm. It utilizes cryptographic techniques to secure transactions and control the creation of new units. Bitcoin transactions are ...

Chapter 1 delves into the financial vulnerabilities and imbalances challenging financial stability. With the expectation that monetary policy will continue to ease globally, financial conditions have ...

Most financial assets are digital today. Tomorrow, they may be tokenized. Tokenization implies recording and transferring assets on a widely shared and trusted digital ledger that can be programmed.

Tokenization involves converting the rights to an asset into a digital token. These tokens can represent ownership, entitlements, or other rights associated with the underlying asset. By digitizing ...

Algorithmic trading is no longer the exclusive domain of niche quantitative firms—it has become the backbone of modern financial markets. I am already seeing the significant impact AI-driven ...