News tagged with risky asset

Social responsibility of businesses questioned

When the Icelandic banking system was privatised in 2003, it inaugurated a period of furious expansion of both loans and risky investments. The bubble burst in 2008. At that time, the nominal assets of the three largest banks ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

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

Financial risk taking: Blame it on the genes

Financial institutions continue to teeter on the brink of ruin. Banks are still devouring bailout money without loosening credit enough to make a difference in a recession that is sweeping the globe. And everyone keeps asking, ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1