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Banking and the financial services industry -- Government policies and regulation -- Analyzing bank performance -- Managing noninterest income and noninterest expense -- The performance of nontraditional banking companies -- Pricing fixed-income securities -- Managing interest rate risk : GAP and earnings sensitivity -- Managing interest rate risk economic value of equity -- Using derivatives to manage interest rate risk -- Funding the bank -- Managing liquidity -- The effective use of capital -- Overview of credit policy and loan characteristics -- Evaluating commercial loan requests and managing credit risk -- Evaluating consumer loans -- Managing the investment portfolio -- Global banking activities.