Reflection Paper: Mortgage CrisisThe mortgage crisis came about because starting in the 1990s under the Clinton Administration, a push for greater home ownership was facilitated by a lowering of lending standards for home buyer borrowers. This create Continue Reading...
What caused the subprime mortgage crisis and what was the result of the Treasury's and Federal Reserve's response to that crisis? Most people are familiar with the overall story of events leading up to 2008. They may have seen the film The Bi Continue Reading...
Introduction Milton Friedman’s quote gets to the heart of the conflict between shareholder theory vs. stakeholder theory. Shareholder theory posits that a corporation’s sole responsibility is to maximize the return on investment (ROI) for Continue Reading...
Important Insights Gained during Principles of Microeconomics The principles of microeconomics deal with how houses, organizations and governments spend their money—and how their decisions and transactions impact the overall market economy. One Continue Reading...
Executive Summary The global economic environment has changed significantly in just the last 8 years. Central banks have become more assertive in the market places, inflation measured by CPI has risen, the dollar index has dropped, political rhetoric Continue Reading...
Economics and Global Capitalism The problem with the kind of thinking that postulates that human nature is based on self-interest is that underlying this supposition is the assumption that human nature is completely rational and logical and would nev Continue Reading...
Apple Inc. Stock In 2017, AAPL has performed quite well. It started the year off at $115 and today is selling for $170. 2017 has been a great year for stocks, with the election of President Trump seeming to have a lot to do with the rise in equities Continue Reading...
Paper Money vs. Electronic Money I would define money as a form of currency that represents a store of labor or value (Davies, 2004), which can be exchanged for goods or services. Money does not have to be “backed” by anything—thou Continue Reading...
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act In the wake of the 2008 market crash and the ensuing recession, the U.S. government developed a plan to shore up the economy in the face of dwindling economic activity. That plan combined federal stimulus with Continue Reading...
Investing The premise of Modigliani and Miller, that dividend policy is basically irrelevant in that if a firm is growing then an internal dividend is created and the investor may sell shares to capture this dividend, is based on the idea that in to Continue Reading...
Cui Bono? Lawmaking in the U.S. In the U.S. the sheer number of laws on the books virtually guarantees that their purported purpose will never be accomplished. In fact, in a number of cases, the purported purpose is simply a ruse for another ulterio Continue Reading...
U.S. Macroeconomics The current macroeconomic situation in the U.S. is bleak. The country is over $17 trillion in debt. It has given the right to coin currency to the Federal Reserve, which prints money then loans it to the U.S. government, charging Continue Reading...
The 1990s and 2000s saw tremendous growth in the CAT brand as its new line of compact construction equipment receives tremendous support in the market place (CAT, history, 2011). Caterpillar is currently one of the most recognized brand names in th Continue Reading...
Cross-Country Capital Flows and Currency International Project overseas investment . GLOBAL INSTITUTES IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE . INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION . WORLD BANK . WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL MONTARY FUND . INTERNATI Continue Reading...
This process of investors selling U.S. assets may have already begun, as the dollar's value has declined significantly in the past year (Bivens, 2003). b) Does it appear that the Asian currencies move in the same direction relative to the dollar? E Continue Reading...
The Japanese economy stagnated since 1990: when real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at an average of just 1.2%. Since 1995, growth was extremely slow averaging less than 0.7% on year-to-year basis." ("Banking Crisis... "5) During the last quar Continue Reading...
U.S. MONETARY POLICY IN THE 1990s Monetary Policy Monetary policy refers to actions the Federal Reserve (Fed) takes to influence the amount of money and credit in the U.S. economy. Interest rates and the performance of the economy are affected by w Continue Reading...
