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Tag Archives: capital markets

financial crisis, history & society

in like a lion, out like a lamb?

Author The Editor Date September 7, 2010

Students of behavioral finance had a field day this past week.

Tagged capital markets, crisis, investment, macroeconomics, psychology, risk, speculation, statistics, stimulus |
featured, financial crisis, history & society

a dose of reality

Author The Editor Date May 5, 2010

Armies of bulls and bears are camped out on either side of the great debate over the future of the global economy.

Tagged bailout, banking system, behavioral, capital markets, capitalism, financial crisis, geopolitics, history, investment, investments, macroeconomics, politics, rates, real estate, speculation, unemployment |
finance & economics, financial crisis, in other words

market makers

Author The Editor Date March 25, 2010

A primer on the unique roles that banks and capital markets play in the efficient (and sometimes painfully inefficient) functioning of of modern society.

Tagged banking system, capital markets, economics, finance, primer, speculation |
financial crisis, in other words

if piigs could fly

Author The Editor Date February 7, 2010
The markets whipsawed in volatile trading last week as war was waged over key...
Tagged bailout, capital markets, europe, financial crisis, geithner, investment, piigs, recession, recovery, treasury |
featured, financial crisis, history & society

politico economicus

Author The Editor Date March 27, 2009
In the midst of a global financial pandemic, private enterprise finds itself under the...
Tagged banking system, behavioral, capital markets, expectations, failure, finance, financial markets, macroeconomics, model, political economy, rational, theory |
finance & economics, financial crisis, in other words

black (scholes) hole

Author The Editor Date January 22, 2009
Scientists and market commentators have long been aware of the susceptibility of the markets...
Tagged black scholes, bubble, capital markets, crisis, derivatives, models, regulation, risk, speculation, theory, trading, valuation |
featured, finance & economics, financial crisis, in other words

the physics of failure

Author The Editor Date November 18, 2008
Faith in the underlying mechanics of portfolio theory and market efficiency has certainly contributed...
Tagged business cycle, capital markets, efficient markets, failure, fundamentals, macroeconomics, statistics, theory |
finance & economics, history & society, world affairs

the rise of global corporations

Author The Editor Date December 12, 2007
This paper was written for quite possibly the best combination of professor and class...
Tagged business, capital markets, corporations, geopolitics, government, history, politics, trade |
finance & economics, world affairs

in income we trust

Author The Editor Date February 15, 2007
Since their earliest days a rogue asset class — a breakaway tax haven from...
Tagged canada, capital markets, economics, finance, investments, policy, strategy, taxes |
finance & economics, in other words

shanghai’d

Author The Editor Date October 26, 2006
Recent reports have pegged open interest in the world’s largest IPO at nearly US$400...
Tagged capital markets, capitalism, china, geopolitics, investment, macroeconomics, speculation, trade |
finance & economics, financial crisis

risk/reward

Author The Editor Date December 20, 2005
as a primer on basic investment analysis and the ongoing challenge of balancing risk...
Tagged capital markets, derivatives, investment, leverage, structured finance |
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