Hedge fund

in trade and investment. In 2015, the UK saw a rise in its share of global foreign exchange, rising to $5.1 trillion in April last year. This was a result of strong trading within the UK which consisted of prime brokerage, investment banking and hedge funds (TheCityUK, 2015). The following table shows how the exchange rate between UK and other currencies.…

Basic economic theory states that as demand for an item increases, so does the cost of that item. This pricing behavior is easy to see when comparing concert tickets for various artist. A person can expect to pay a lot more for a front row ticket to next summer’s Adel concert than a ticket to the local high schools’ rendition of Cats. As it relates to college education costs, as more students want to attend college, the costs to pursue that degree have also increased. But typically,…

Young Goodman Brown is a harrowing work created in the 19th century by Nathaniel Hawthorne that details a young goodman who departs on a nightly stroll on an errand in the forest. The errand is actually attending a witches sabbath taking place deep in the wood. Accompanied by the Devil he faces the fact that many of the people he revered such as a sunday school teacher, a deacon, and even the minister are hypocrites. This leads to him becoming a misanthrope as he realizes the Puritan beliefs he…

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) first opened its restaurant in 1993. The company’s concept of Mexican fast food made from fresh ingredients and customers being in line to pick toppings were still new and unheard of. Weirdly enough, people seem to accept and love it. Since its first opening, the company’s business has gone skyrocket and became an instant hit in the market. The success of the company was possible mainly for these two reasons - the company’s rapid growth rate as well as McDonald’s…

Background My crime is, unfortunately, an all too common story for hedge fund managers, traders, and investment professionals. Faced with mounting trading losses, which would eventually total $22.5 million, I covered them up with misrepresentations about balances and returns while trying to make back the losses in a separate account using client funds, rather than admit my mistake when it was manageable—and legal. After my arrest and indictment, I plead guilty to one count of wire fraud and…

that this is the American dream but is the dream even applicable in today’s society. In the article, “Work and Worth” the writers explain that though some people work hard in society there pay doesn’t equal their importance. A prime example is the “hedge-fund mogul Steven A. Cohen who made $2.3 billion last year”, despite the social worker that only made a measly $38,000. Yes, that social worker is working extremely hard but is making $38,000 living the American dream? There are children that…

takeovers, management buy-outs, downsizing, senior management stock options, breaking up of multi-divisional companies, reduction in head office staff, loss of corporate AAA credit ratings, and concentration of dispersed shareholdings through mutual funds and investment banks. All of these were features of the corporate landscape in the last two decades of the twenties century (Davis, 2009 cited in Willman, 2004). Theoretical point relates to the efficient markets hypothesis. Markets know better…

“Too big to fail” is a term used to describe a company that has become so essential to the economic success of a country that the government of that country must take excessive measures to prevent that company from ceasing to trade or going bankrupt (Amadeo, 2016). In this case, company is plural and the country that took those extreme measures was the United States of America. The 2007-2009 financial crisis caught the world by surprise and led to a renewed interest in understanding the inner…

Presently, the Joint Force is out of balance. After more than a decade of combat and looming budget cutbacks, the Department of Defense (DOD) is planning to rebalance key aspects of the Joint Force. The problem is how to make the Joint Force more efficient and effective while reducing costs. Force structure (including cyber and space), Special Operations, and force projection are key general capabilities requirements of Joint Force 2025 that need to be addressed to rebalance the force based on…

Simultaneous targeting of the money supply and interest rates, foreign exchange markets and rates The questions that I will answer for this week’s assignment are as follows: Why the simultaneous targeting of the money supply and interest rates is sometimes impossible to achieve? How do central banks intervene in foreign exchange markets? What did the Bretton Woods Agreement do to the ability of foreign exchange rates to fluctuate freely? Targeting Money Supply and Interest rates Firstly, the…