My moms name is Kimberly, she is 36 years old. She has a credit card and has had a lot of experiences with money and money issues. I interviewed her because she has a lot of experiences with money since she works on taxes and works in HR. My mom is very intelligent with her money and spendings, which made me want to interview her even more. My mom believes that teenagers should learn basic money skills before they are independent. She thinks that we should learn the basics, so we know how to…
Nowadays Vancouver’s houses are most made by “gold” because of their shocking prices in all Canadians’ eyes. As a result, the housing affordability crisis has become one of the most serious issues which should be taken more controls by local government, instead of allowing such huge amount of foreign buyers purchase houses, because of the numbers of empty houses, the houses prices’ rising speed, and local people’s willingness of purchasing houses. The first reason that government should…
9/11 affected the economy still to this day , which killed nearly 3,000 people, is still being felt in 2017. Industries have changed policies, the government formed new agencies and the hearts and minds of Americans have been changed.There was a time, shortly after 9/11, that U.S. citizens had great trust in their federal government. In fact, trust in the government hit a peak not seen since the 1970s, according to historical Pew Research data. This was in response to the terrorist attacks. But…
Deal; Freddie came in 1970 to prevent a monopoly with just Fannie running the market. (cite TImes) Essentially, both do the same, and the process flowed well for many years, banks made loans, Freddie and Fannie bought them, securitized them into a mortgage-back securities (MBS) and investors purchased these securities. They also provided a method of diversification for both investors and banks because MBS were geographically diversified. This was a big plus because it removed the risk of owning…
penalized roughly over $500 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for concealing the truth about the collection of mortgages to the investors. The biggest problem was this enabled banks to give the impression to regulators and investors that all of the risk of the mortgages was removed off their books. This included loss ratios on low-key mortgages and decrease default potentials. These advances were often made with suspect evidence about performance over many years. Although…
In 2008, not only the United States, but the entire world suffered what was believed to be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The stock market crash pushed the world towards an economic downturn and sent everyone into panic. The housing market, which is a backbone of the American economy, had been overlooked. Although the market crash is one of the most influential events in history, the cause of the devastation is still the subject of much debate. Even today, people are…
Countrywide was founded in 1969 by Angelo Mozilo, and was extremely successfully until the housing crisis in 2007 with a resulting nationwide banking crisis due to subprime mortgage lending practices. Consequently, the company was purchased by Bank of America for pennies on the dollar not only for Countrywide to remove them from the financial crisis, but to escape potential penalties to due fraudulent practices (Ferrell, Fraedrich, Ferrell, 2015). Many accusations regarding Countrywide’s…
1) Identify Challenges After reading the case of Oliver’s Market, I found out some issues that associated with this company internally and externally. Internal Issues: 1.Oliver’s market kept investing on its Cotati Store, but the landlord even didn’t want to talk to them, which means all of its two million investments may disappear if the landlord decides not to rent the place to them after the ten-year lease ended. That is a huge financial and location loss issue for Oliver’s Market.…
If one is to turn on the news or pick up a newspaper one will most likely find a major article or coverage about a street crime that was committed not long ago and that only affected a few people. However, while street crime only causes relatively low amount of financial damage, white-collar crime yield a higher loss of capital. Nonetheless, the American justice system has primarily focused on halting street crime offenders while comparably ignoring white-collar crime offenders. Also, not only…
Three Things That Can Influence Your Home Insurance Quote Whether you're purchasing another home or simply pondering exchanging insurance organizations, there are a few things you can do which can help in bringing down your homeowner insurance costs. While looking for a home insurance quote, the organization you run with is vital ... in any case, the rebates offered are where things become real. You have to meet all requirements for the greatest number of rebates as you can and they could…