financial literacy and aptitude more powerful than money itself?’ which was a remarkable question written in his book ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’, in which he explains the importance of financial literacy. Reading this book inspired me to research more about finance and lead me to choose to study it at University as I understood the huge amounts of benefits of being financially cultured such as being able to make financial decision which would save money. Another reason why finance and accounting…
Money laundering is the act of taking proceeds from illegal acts and “cleaning it up” in order to hide its origin from authorities. This paper discusses the basic definition and three step process of money laundering, the history of the anti-money laundering movement, the agencies created to catch and prevent money laundering, and what consequences are in place for criminals involved. The origins of money laundering trace back thousands of years and the continuing crime eventually led to the…
It is often said that money makes the world go round. Money plays an important role in a country’s economy. Citizens must have money in order to spend money. Governments can help banks create money. In the United States (US), the Federal Reserve is responsible for controlling the money supply to keep the economy running smoothly. One must fully understand the US money and banking system to fully grasp the money market. Knowledge of items that serve as money, the effects of actions taken…
The Fourth EU Money Laundering Directive (4MLD) was adopted on the 20th May 2015 with member states having until June 2017 to incorporate the requirements in to their local legislation. The purpose of the third Directive was to consolidate the first two Directives and bring the European legislation up to date with the Forty Recommendations made by the Financial Action Task Force on money laundering (FATF). The 4MLD serves the purpose to enhance and strengthen the existing money laundering…
having been brainwashed with the false definition of money or fame. In reality, the definition of success is much more complex. Success is defined by the dictionary as accomplishing an aim or purpose, but being considered success in life is much more about obtaining happiness. Why do so many people confuse success with fame or money? Much of the population confuses money and fame for success, mostly because of the consistent belief that money makes things easier. According to this train of…
The Money Conspiracy People always think that in order to be on top, you must be rich. Others think that money is important to the American Dream. Money is not necessary to achieve the American Dream because before there was money, people treated each other equally. In fact, money made the people turn against each other by killing, robbing, scamming, and many more terrible money abuses. My first reason to why money is not part of the American Dream is because of the bible quote, “The love of…
Donald Trump made a pledge earlier this year, stating: “I’m using my own money. I’m not using the lobbyists. I’m not using donors. I don’t care. I’m really rich.” According to Politico, he will need over $1.5 billion in campaign money to achieve United States Presidency (Gold). If that amount is multiplied by the twenty candidates currently running for president, then over $30 billion could potentially be spent on the presidency! That is over 600,000 times more than the average U.S. family…
Helicopter Money: Arriving Soon in Japan? Foreign exchange markets are arguably the quickest to discount changes in economic management, particularly monetary policy. The recent weakening of the yen versus the US dollar has been some of the most profound since the Plaza Accord of September 1985. It suggests, therefore, that foreign exchange markets are expecting a renewed easing of Japanese monetary policy. Since banks’ deposit rates at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) are already in negative territory,…
material wealth as the happiness, because we have to use the money for almost everything we want in reality. For example: Jacklyn paid money to get a new laptop and money became the source of her happiness. Yet, is material wealth truly make people happy? If the assumption is definite, then we could assume that money can buy happiness. Wait a minute, if happiness can be simply obtained by material wealth, why don’t we pay Jacklyn money to have her happiness? So that, everybody can be equally…
Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA (Spector). Not only does NASA 's technology contribute to space, it also benefits the lives on Earth, too. Therefore, NASA should be given more money so that they can continue to develop a productive space program. The United States of America should budget more money for NASA because the space program leads to discoveries in space, creation of new products, and stimulation of the economy. The…