News tagged with lehman brothers

Mathematically detecting bubbles before they burst

From the dotcom bust in the late nineties to the housing crash in the run-up to the 2008 crisis, financial bubbles have been a topic of major concern. Identifying bubbles is important in order to prevent collapses that can ...

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created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Market failure expert says letting Lehman go was good thing

Approaching the anniversary of Lehman Brothers' demise, NJIT Finance Professor Michael Ehrlich, an expert on market failure, says that the Feds made the right move when they allowed the investment firm to go bankrupt.

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created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Greater transparency leads to better fund performance, new finance research shows

(Phys.org) -- U.S. laws and regulations on investment management address potential conflicts of interest between investors and managers through disclosure requirements. Surprisingly little is known about the effectiveness ...

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created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

What investors have learned from the major earthquake

The Great East Japan Earthquake has dramatically altered the way the Japanese economy is seen. For example, the way that housing and real estate values are seen in Japan has changed since 3.11. Location value ...

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created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cracking the code

After the 2008 financial crisis hit, many people were startled to learn that the leaders of some investment banks knew little about the risks their firms had taken.

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created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Executive pay reform unlikely to reduce systemic risk in economy

Reforms aimed at curbing executive compensation will likely have little effect on reducing systemic risk in the financial system, and they may even have unintended consequences for the freedom to contract, according to a ...

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created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Public firms weathered recession better than expected

(PhysOrg.com) -- The prevailing narrative of the financial crisis revolves around banks' reduced ability to issue loans, but a new paper by University of Arizona associate professor of finance Kathy Kahle reveals that the ...

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created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hitting the breaks: $4 gas could slow economic recovery, study says

A significant jump in gasoline prices from the current $3 to $4 a gallon has the potential to slow Indiana's economy, where the unemployment rate currently is about 9.8 percent, says a new Ball State University study.

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created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Electronic payments crowd out checks in US: Fed

Electronic payments have surged in the United States to more than 75 percent of all noncash payments as check usage continues to fall by the wayside, a Federal Reserve report showed Wednesday.

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created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

WikiLeaks claims next target is 'big US bank'

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has claimed a fresh "megaleak" will target a major US bank "early next year," according to an interview published Monday.

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created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Obscenity, whale snot take top honors at Ig Nobels

A British scientist has proven what most people already know - letting fly with a few choice obscenities when you hurt yourself actually makes you feel better.

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created Oct 01, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Overexposure to credit default swaps contributed to financial meltdown, study finds

a market-traded form of investment insurance - are believed to have contributed to last year's financial meltdown.

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created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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