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2008 Financial Crisis – Causes and historical context

Tom Spencer

Many an economics and finance course later, I see that the layers of complexities to the 2008 financial crisis are innumerable. However, on October 6 th 2008, the Federal Reserve also began paying interest to banks on their excess reserves stored at the Fed, and the quantity of these reserves reached over $1.5

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How the Financial World Adapts to Climate Change

Tom Spencer

Knowing the ins and outs of upcoming trends in finance is indispensable for any aspiring consultant. A prime example for such a question is how finance is adapting to the issue of climate change, and might assist its mitigation. Green Finance. Resilience Bonds. Final thoughts.

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Fed Study Finds 2 million in "Forced Retirement", 52% Cannot Afford an Unexpected $400 Expense

MishTalk

The survey found, for example, that 15% of those who had retired since 2008 had retired earlier than planned because of the downturn. Based on demographics, that translates into roughly 2 million more people retiring since 2008 than if the recession had not occurred. Inquiring minds may wish to see the actual study results.

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The age old tale of financial crises

Tom Spencer

The story of the 2008 financial crisis begins somewhere shortly after the death of Jesus Christ himself. The 2008 financial crisis saw Ben Bernanke, the then chairman of the Federal Reserve, providing money to banks across the United States following the collapse of the housing market and subsequent defaults of mortgage backed securities.

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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

The driving force is the baby boomer generation is large and highly entrepreneurial (as per an Intuit study saying this generation owns a disproportionate share of businesses. 70% of medium sized companies will change hands (2008). 70% of medium sized companies will change hands (2008). Easy money. Demographics. And guess what?

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Cybersecurity 101: How to defend against cyber-attacks

Tom Spencer

WannaCry, the ransom-ware, targeted computers running on Windows XP and Windows 7, an outdated operating system which Windows no longer supported in terms of security updates ( Trendall, 2008 ). Educate staff. The guidebook should lay out the steps to follow and information about who to contact in the case of cybersecurity emergencies.

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Consultant Ninja: The Curious Case of Equity Private, Part II.

Consultant Ninja

Additionally, it seems that her stint at DealBreaker, finance snark-central, has come to an end. Rather, I find her an interesting character study of choices versus capabilities. My questions arent meant to mock her, or to be snarky myself. Tuesday, September 1, 2009. I am a strategy consultant at. of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296.