A common feature of all the financial crises is that the financial instability and a highly leveraged private sector created a financial boom which finally led to the bubble and subsequently to the bust. 1. Financial instability In EU crisis and US financial crisis cases the banking sector was hit hardest and accelerated the crisis through a credit crunch and credit crisis. Whereas in the US this process was driven by a real estate boom and the issuance of complex securities (as bad assets)‚ in
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INVESTMENT INDUSTY ANALYSIS Investment Industry EXECUTIVE SUMMARY We chose to do our analysis on the Investment Industry. The companies that we have chosen to analyze are Bank of America Merrill Lynch followed by Goldman Sachs Group‚ Morgan Stanley‚ and JP Morgan Chase and Co. These companies are known as investment banks. An investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals‚ corporations‚ and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or
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Turkish economy has faced a huge financial crisis in the years 2000 and 2001. The relations between the President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and the Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit were complicated. The main reason for this was the fact that the President Sezer had permanently vetoed government’s decisions‚ and the Prime Minister had considered that‚ by such acts‚ the President exceeded his powers. That political instability led to an immediate negative reaction of the financial markets. A substantial problem
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Spanish financial crisis Introduction (source: Wikipedia) The 2008–2010 Spanish financial crisis is part of the world economic crisis of 2008. In Spain‚ the crisis was generated by long term loans (commonly issued for 40 years)‚ the building market crash which included the bankruptcy of major companies‚ and a particularly severe increase in unemployment‚ which rose to 13.9% in February 2009. Spain continued the path of economic growth when the ruling party changed in 2004‚ keeping robust GDP
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The Financial Greek Crisis Gunnar MacDougall Macroeconomics Greece has gained a lot of unwanted publicity in the past few years by being at the center of the economic crisis in the Eurozone. In 2009‚ Greece announced that for years they had been understating their deficit figures. It is all speculation on why Greece had been trying to hide its deficit figures‚ but it is pretty obvious that no country wants to announce that are doing extremely poorly. In response to Greece’s release of this information
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PROFESSOR NAME CLASS Automobile Industry Crisis People depend on their cars for everyday life. They need it to go to work‚ school‚ and events. What if one day the automotive industry crashes? People across this country rely on this industry to provide them the safest and most affordable cars. But just recently the car companies in Detroit almost came to an end. Just in "Ohio‚ about one out every eight jobs has ties with the carmakers" (Cohn‚ 2012). If these industries did actually come to an end then
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The Manufacturing Industry in Zurich Executive summary The financial industry mainly includes the banking‚ insurance‚ trust companies‚ securities firms and leasing industry. Zurich is one of the three major financial centres in the world which has long been known as a world leader in private banking services arena. Because of this‚ a substantial amount of assets transferred to Zurich throughout the world as well as the world’s financial industry professionals has gathered here. However‚ Zurich
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Service Quality Moreover‚ CSR initiatives role is to contribute to perceived service quality (PSQ) which in turn would influence trust and brand effect (Poolthong and Mandachitara‚ 2009). This statement is also supported by Yeh& Li (2009) that pointed out that PSQ does have a significant impact on customer satisfaction which in turn would have a significant effect on trust. However‚ there are reported cases where even when the companies have increased their CSR fund‚ their customer’s are experiencing dissatisfaction
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global financial crisis‚ and who is it a crisis for? 1.0 Introduction The global financial crisis broke out in 2008 was most serious since the 1930s‚ it deeply affected various aspects and brought significant losses. Analyzing what is the global financial crisis‚ and who it is the crisis for has a important practical significance. 2.0 Causes Reasons for the outbreak of the global financial crisis are reflected in the following aspects. 2.1 Real estate bubble The global financial crisis ultimately
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The Swiss Banking Industry The Swiss banking industry has been around for more than 250 years‚ making it the cornerstone of the financial sphere. It has however been rapidly changing in the recent years‚ influenced by the latest financial crisis‚ and numerous tax evasion scandals. It has had to change its economic and regulatory conditions as the country’s authorities‚ as well as foreign authorities are demanding for a change in practices. This‚ in turn‚ has put the industry in the spotlight possibly
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