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How the Financial World Adapts to Climate Change

Tom Spencer

You are likely to receive a question at your upcoming job interview, which assesses to what extent you are up-to-date with the latest business developments, and also requires you to reflect on that knowledge with regards to a major social-political issue. Green Finance. Resilience Bonds.

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Great Depression 2020?

CaseInterview.com

For context, I asked this exact same question in October 2008 at the start of the Great Recession. In the case of the Great Depression, Black Monday 1987, and the Great Recession of 2008, the assets in question were stock market prices. The simple reason is: Deposit Insurance & The Federal Reserve Bank. Let me explain.

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Hedge Funds: Purpose, Business Model, and Strategies

Tom Spencer

This may include individuals with a high income (usually over $200,000 annually) or a high net-worth (over $1 million), or large institutions such as banks, insurance companies, and investment funds. Zuhair Imaduddin is an Innovation Development Analyst at JPMorgan Chase. He studied Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.

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Tesla: Leading the Charge Toward Sustainability

Tom Spencer

The company has consistently pushed the boundaries of what is possible with EVs, starting with the Tesla Roadster in 2008, the first long-range electric sports car. Tesla has also developed the Powerwall , a home battery system that stores excess solar energy for use during power outages or times of high energy demand.

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What is digital currency?

Tom Spencer

Since the advent of Bitcoin in 2008, digital currency has been a growing trend and a growing area of interest for consultants, businesses, fintech investors, central banks, and governments. This also includes Bitcoin (created in 2008) and Ethereum (created in 2015). Reading Time: 6 minutes. What is the value of digital currency?

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Iceland Ponders Radical Money Plan Including Elimination of Fractional Reserve Lending and Deposit Insurance

MishTalk

banks issuing 2-year CDs and lending money for 15-year mortgages), bank''s ability to lend money into existence, and deposit insurance. Deposit insurance is the epitome of moral hazard. Depositors do not care because the deposits are insured. I have long railed against fractional reserve lending, duration mismatches (e.g.

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My Struggles with Suicide

CaseInterview.com

My strongest and earliest memory of depression and suicidal thoughts occurred in the two years leading up to 2008. In early 2008, it became beyond obvious that the math on the mortgage no longer worked. In 2008, I had failed on every front, and my inner world came crashing down on itself. It was not going well… again. .

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