AIG and the Impact of the "Insurance" Gambit In the marketplace leading up to the 2008 economic crisis, lenders, ratings agencies and insurance companies were working together to create wealth from bad debts (loans given to homeowners unlikely to pa Continue Reading...
, 2008). There are two formats of insurance coverage that AIG specializes in: 1. Auto Insurance 2. Travel Insurance Auto insurance The primary profits and insurance coverage offered by AIG for auto insurance services were through its subsidiary b Continue Reading...
Economic Crisis The revelation of the financial crisis that unfolded in United States in 2008 is considered to be the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, 1929. The distinctive causative factors that have contributed to the U.S. economi Continue Reading...
Global Economy Crisis (2008) for U.S. Economy The economic crisis that was recently witnessed around the world including the United States and the various efforts that were made by the various governments in order to bring some stability to their e Continue Reading...
shadow banking system, its role in the subprime mortgage crisis, and failures of regulation within the shadow banking system. The term "shadow banking system" was coined by PIMCO's Paul McCulley in 2007 (Spanos, 2012) and refers to a banking system Continue Reading...
The second recommendation I would make with respect to external communications is that Liddy adopt more stringent measures than the government has insisted upon with respect to spending controls. The government has set out some measures, but AIG sh Continue Reading...
As Taibbi shows, it is not easy: "I'm going to say something radical about the Tea Partiers. They're not all crazy. They're not even always wrong. What they are, and they don't realize it, is an anachronism. They're fighting a 1960s battle in a worl Continue Reading...
Conclusions -- Was TARP Necessary -- A five member Congressional committee echoed a number of criticisms regarding TARP that many consumers, academics, and fiscal analysts were considering. What exactly was the Treasury's strategy with the $700 bil Continue Reading...
The partisan politics seen south of the border would be impossible, because the resulting inaction would be viewed unfavorably by Canadians. The financial crisis has damaged Canada economically, but it has also highlighted the value of financial co Continue Reading...
Financial Derivatives This study emphasized the importance roles of financial derivatives, which has been known for the last decade and its effects on the Global financial crisis. It further analyzes the impact of financial derivatives and how it ca Continue Reading...
Sorkin's book does a good job of giving the details on what happened among Lehman Brothers, Barclays, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, the Fed, and Big Gov following the collapse. Essentially, everyone had egg on his face -- but some of the bigger powers Continue Reading...
(Livingston 2012) What are the positive aspects of this theory -explain how markets behave? Why? The positive aspects of this theory are that it identifies changes in the markets early. This helps investors to be able to purchase stocks when every Continue Reading...
Liquidity Liquidity can be defined as the ability to convert an asset into cash quickly. In order to further explain, we can say that cash is the most liquid of all assets. With respect to financial assets liquidity is an important concept because Continue Reading...
