Money, Business and You.
30
Nov
Author: Joshua Adler
This article featured in Bloomberg Businessweek talks about the Euro zone and the decline in ratings from Moody’s. The article states that Moody’s has a low confidence in the Euro zone. Italy, determined to defend its economic stability, seeks to raise 8.8 billion Euros in bond sales. In the article, UBS AG and [...]
Tags: Euro, Germany, Italy, Moody
28
Nov
Author: Tyler Stoffers
This past week Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, once again reiterated her country’s stance when it comes to solving the European sovereign crisis. She directly opposes the issuance of Euro bonds as well as the expansion of the current role of the ECB. Merkel supports her opinion by stating that by issuing Euro bonds [...]
20
Nov
Author: Nishant Sheth
In today’s world, economy crisis is a word that is heard time and time again. Markets are still recovering all over the world and a trade war is something that would not help that progress. On October 11th the senate passed what is known as the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act. The [...]
15
Nov
Author: Tyler Stoffers
As the Euro-debt crisis continues to haunt the markets across the globe we have seen a lot of political changes with high level officials stepping down. For one, the former prime minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi has decided to resign from his role. He had originally denied his resignation via Facebook but as [...]
Tags: Europe, government, Greece, Italy
15
Nov
Author: Joshua Adler
The article mentions the recent decline in residential property in major Chinese cities. Chang questions if this decline in prices is the end of the Chinese property bubble. The decline in price has started in cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen. Chang mentions one company based in Hong Kong, Hutchison Whampoa cut [...]
Tags: China, real estate, Shanghai, US
15
Nov
Author: Nishant Sheth
The cost of education in the United States is tremendous. This is even truer about private colleges and universities. Increasingly, students take out loans in order for them to be able to afford to attend these institutions. The premise of these loans is that they will be able to pay them back from [...]
10
Nov
Author: Tyler Stoffers
As stocks continue their extreme volatility week over week, one begins to wonder will this European sovereign-debt crisis ever be resolved? It seems as if every time we get a bit of relief, within the next couple of days confidence is once again eliminated. This was the case this past week when [...]
10
Nov
Author: Joshua Adler
Hedge funds are looking towards Asia for their centre of their business. The article talks about the growing ambition to invest in Asia. This means that hedge funds are looking for more Asian clients and setting up offices in Asian region. The Asia region has not been established for hedge funds and most of [...]
Tags: Fall 2011, Hedge Funds