What role did the Accounting profession play in the recent sub-prime mortgage crisis? What could they have done differently? *Disclaimer* I don’t know much about accounting (or anything in business for that matter) at this point in time. This will be the first time I will be looking into the sub-prime mortgage crisis and my opinions could well be wrong. However this is exactly what it looks like‚ my opinion on this topic. Hopefully it is sufficient for the purposes of this discussion and this class
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The Subprime Mortgage Crisis Summary: Since 2006‚ American gradually comes into being a crisis called ’’sub-prime mortgage crisis’’. This crisis becomes more and more serious in the following year‚ now it is becoming a finance storm that is sweeping over the world like EU‚ Japan and such main financial markets. The storm had first destroyed the Wall Street and some important global financial Institutions; it also results in the bankruptcies of sub-prime mortgage institutions‚ the closures of
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Abstract The sub-prime mortgage crisis of the United States has grown into a global recession in a few years. As the financial markets themselves face the threat of total dysfunction‚ governments and policy makers across faced a similarly hard decision: spend huge amounts of public money in hope of repairing the damage done or let the markets "work it out" on their own. Keynesian economics started to bloom again‚ fiscal and monetary interventions could be witnessed across the globe. In this
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Causes of sub-prime crisis Thesis The sub-prime crisis was a string of episodes and conditions that caused a global economy meltdown thus‚ resulting in recession across the world. This is largely caused by the deregulation of the financial markets undertaken by the United States government starting in the late 1970s. The main thesis of this paper is that‚ although there are countless factors and parties that attributed to the massive economy downturn‚ most of the policy exploitations can
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FINC2012 – Essay CDOs and the sub-prime crisis Yuzhou Fang SID: 310303885 Semester 2 2010 The protagonist of sub-prime crisis: CDOs Synopsis The most exciting developments in financial market in recent decades have been in credit derivatives market. This essay will focus on one prevalent credit derivatives: CDOs. By describing what CDO’s are and how they operate‚ the author try to reveal the charisma of CDOs and show why banks and financial institutions are
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Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis - What Caused It ? How Can US Recover From It? The recent financial crisis in the U.S. that spread to other countries and caused massive turndown in the global economy had its roots in the recent waves of globalisation. Since the developed countries’ production had shifted dramatically towards services‚ specially to financial services‚ and this in turn led to financial liberalizations‚ developed countries experienced massive capital inflows‚ lending booms‚ housing and
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Qs.4. Could anything have been done differently at Lehman Brothers to prevent what happened? Explain. Answer: As Lehman Brothers & their manger were responsible for what happened‚ there are many things that could have done to prevent it. Things that could have done: 1.By ensuring social responsiveness & responsibilities: Managers social responsibilities go beyond making profits to include protecting and improving society’s welfare. On the other hand social responsiveness is when a company
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What role did the Accounting profession play in the recent sub prime mortgage crisis? What could they have done differently? What is a subprime loan? Subprime loans are unconventional loans designed to put as many people as possible in a home or to refinance an existing home regardless of the borrowers’ credit history. A subprime loan allows lenders to make loans whether or not the borrower has poor credit‚ no credit or even a very low Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) score. Basically‚ subprime loans
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will find that I outlined the cause and effect of the mortgage crisis. I also speak on the falling housing prices due to the mortgage crisis and the domino effect that will be created on and for the economy. I will also speak on the foreclosure rates caused by sub-prime loans and no fall back plan to help in the case of the mortgagor defaults. The Mortgage Crisis Thesis Statement: The mortgage crisis that has caused house prices to fall and foreclosures
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