The most authoritative guide on understanding the accounting and disclosure rules involved when dealing with financial instruments This book examines the main accounting and disclosure rules for financial and risk disclosures in the analysis of instruments and institutions, such as thrifts, mortgage banks, commercial banks, lessors, and property-casualty and life insurers, and financial instruments. It focuses on the essential roles of fair value accounting for financial instruments. Particularly important Statements of Financial Accounting Standards(SFAS) are discussed in detail. Stephen G. Ryan (New York, NY) is an Associate Professor of Accounting and Peat, Marwick Faculty Fellow at the Stern School of Business at New York University. Over the years, financial professionals around the world have looked to the Wiley Finance series and its wide array of bestselling books for the knowledge, insights, and techniques that are essential to success in financial markets. As the pace of change in financial markets and instruments quickens, Wiley Finance continues to respond. With critically acclaimed books by leading thinkers on value investing, risk management, asset allocation, and many other critical subjects, the Wiley Finance series provides the financial community with information they want. Written to provide professionals and individuals with the most current thinking from the best minds in the industry, it is no wonder that the Wiley Finance series is the first and last stop for financial professionals looking to increase their financial expertise.