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Martha Stewart was convicted of charges related to the ImClone stock trading case, while initially, she did not unacknowledge of the committed fraud, she was coach with the fact that after she receiving nonpublic information from broker at Merrill Lynch and could make a profit sale of her shares, before the market fell the next…

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prosecutors that he was told by Bacanovic to inform Stewart that Sam Waksal and his daughter were selling their stock and she might want to consider doing the same. Faneuil received no jail time but was fined $2,000. Him and Bacanovic were fired by Merrill Lynch. Faneuil after pleading guilty and Bacanovic for not cooperating with investigators. Douglas also reported that he received money and other valuables for keeping quiet about what was going…

As humans, we often assume that our sole purpose in life is to be happy at all times. Consequently narratives such as our physiological system, experience and culture systems on have taken advantage of this assumption and marketed happiness to vulnerable people who desire to attain happiness. In the article, “Immune to Reality” by Daniel Gilbert, the author discusses with the readers how our psychological system markets positive thoughts during negative situations in order to make us happy.…

AIG’s main counterparties included: Goldman Sachs, Société Générale, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, UBS, BNP Paribas, HSBC, and Calyon (Crédit Agricole) (Katz, J., 2010). The highest paid counterpart was Goldman Sachs who received $12.9 billion and Société Générale followed with $11.9 billion. Overall, ten AIG counterparties…

as well. In 2011, Jefferson County, Alabama entered into the largest municipal bankruptcy at that time with $4 billion in debt. Remember the example with the treasurer of Orange County, CA who relied upon psychic advisors? In that instance, Merrill Lynch representatives roped him in with a derivatives contract. On the other hand, JPMorgan Chase took the ethical high road by refusing to offer such a venture because the county’s treasurer was clearly unqualified to evaluate the risks involved.…

are companies that coincidently had a spike in purchases of put stocks, as well. In fact, these companies paid out billions for the attack. Other Financial service companies also had spikes in purchases of their stock. The three major ones being Merrill Lynch & Company, Morgan Stanley, and the Bank of America. Each of these companies profited massively from the loss of 9/11. Although initially it may have appeared as if each of these companies suffered from the attacks, they actually profited…

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Introduction It was a tremendous shock to most in the financial world when the stock market came crashing down in August of 2008. Apart from the hand full of people who anticipated the disaster, most had lost tremendous amounts of money in the crash and even more in the aftermath. The crash was caused by brokers selling collateralised debt obligations (CDO’s) with high ratings, given to them by the rating agencies (Standard and Poor, Moody’s etc.). But the CDO’s were actually filled with…

Professionalism After receiving an education from Poole College of Management, I hope to seek employment as an entry-level financial advisor at a prestigious financial institution such as Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo or Morgan Stanley. Afterwards, I would work for my dream employer Deloitte who are located in the Duke Energy Building in Charlotte, NC. As a consultant for Deloitte, I want to be able to travel around the country because I enjoy experiencing new cultures and interacting with people…