Latest Financial crises Stories
Trends in the suicide rate tend to rise and fall with the economy. Loans.org spoke with experts to get a sense of why those in debt are more prone to suicide. Rancho Cucamonga, CA (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 Through interviews with psychiatrists, lawyers, rehabilitation facility owners and people who experience the financial crisis first hand, loans.org explored the link between mounting personal loan debts and depression and suicide. Between 1999 and 2010, the suicide rate among 35- to...
The looming threat of Europe - Get the inside scoop from world renowned financial advisors NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On Wed., April 10, Dr. Barry Eichengreen will be the Guest Expert on "Market Wrap with Moe Ansari," a nationally syndicated radio show that analyzes Wall Street news and provides insight into the complexities of the stock market. Tune in with Moe Ansari and Dr. Eichengreen from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. PDT on KPSA AM 1510 in Orange County as Dr....
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hal S. Scott the Director of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation (CCMR), an independent and nonpartisan research organization dedicated to improving regulation and enhancing the competitiveness of U.S. capital markets, today released its comprehensive study of interconnectedness and contagion in the financial system. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120604/DC18232LOGO) The study engages in a detailed...
NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent Financial Times/Harris Poll in the five largest European countries looks at the issue of Greece - how it impacts the eurozone, whether other European countries should be doing more to help it and if the bailout money will ever be repaid - and finds there are conflicting feelings in Western Europe on these issues. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100517/NY06256LOGO) Specifically, the largest looming question is whether...
TORONTO, Sept. 5, 2012 /CNW/ - Financial regulators should turn their attention to the potential threats to financial stability lurking in the shadow banking system, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In "Combatting the Dangers Lurking in the Shadows: The Macroprudential Regulation of Shadow Banking," David Longworth, former deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, argues greater regulation of the financial entities in the sector is required to mitigate...
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are proven leaders in growing the U.S. economy. But the lingering credit crunch is hurting their ability to grow and create jobs, hampering our economic recovery. In a new study, released by the TechAmerica Foundation, business expert Andrew Sherman lays out a model to overcome the credit crunch by tapping the idle cash reserves of big businesses, currently estimated at more than $2 trillion....
TORONTO, May 22, 2012 /CNW/ - Canada needs a policy framework and new governance structure beyond what is in place to reduce the potential for future financial crises, according to Paul Jenkins, former Senior Deputy Governor, and Gordon Thiessen, former Governor of the Bank of Canada. In "Reducing the Potential for Future Financial Crises: A Framework for Macro-Prudential Policy in Canada," a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute, they make the case for establishing a...
GAINESVILLE, Ga., March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- When the U.S. government attacks the most successful corporation of the times, it signals that the rising trend in the stock market is near its end and a major bear market waits just around the corner. This time, Apple Inc. will play the fall guy. That's the thesis advanced in a new study by Mark Galasiewski, a researcher at Elliott Wave International (EWI) and the Socionomics Institute, both of Gainesville, Georgia, in the March 2012...
LONDON, December 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In financial trading, a 'bear market' is a general decline in the stock market over a period of time. For a trader, spread betting can be an invaluable method of trading in these conditions, as it allows you to profit from a falling market as well as a rising one. With City Index spread betting [http://www.cityindex.co.uk/spread-betting ], you can take a position on a range of instruments including indices, shares, commodities...
BOSTON, Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's risk managers would be wise to prepare for the possibility of yet another bubble collapse--this time in higher education, where college tuition and fees have more than quadrupled over the past 25 years, writes veteran higher education attorney Robert W. Smith in a column published in the 2011 edition of the University Risk Management and Insurance Association's URMIA Journal. "How likely is a collapse of the higher education bubble? Let's...
