Mr.Wilkinson Assigned us (his Caledonia Careers Class) a project called the ‘Stock Market’ Project. He gave us each $5,000 (Fake of course) to buy stocks (also fake but we still used the real numbers) and to see how much we could make from spending as much of the fake $5,000 as we could. We made a spreadsheet to keep track of the money we earned for each stock we bought and we had to keep track of it every week. We bought a minimum of four stocks each to keep track of. We all had to see whether…
If you are currently in the middle of a personal injury lawsuit and you believe you are going to get a settlement or win your case in the future, but are a little short on cash right now, you should steer clear of a taking out a lawsuit loan. Here are the top three reasons you should avoid a lawsuit loan. #1 It Is Incredibly Risky Unless the ink is already drying on your settlement, you should not take out lawsuit loan because it is incredibly risky. You are essentially taking out a loan based…
Investment Strategy Diversify two stocks per industry to dampen the effects of industry specific crashes, while still maintaining a substantial amount of capital within each industry to benefit from industry specific rises. Our investment strategy would focus solely on capital growth, as such, the three industries of interest would be the Financial, Telecom Services, and Utilities sector as they are currently the top performing sectors with around +60% companies up 0% - 2%. TELECOM SERVICES 1.…
The role of finance in a healthcare setting includes, both the functions of accounting and finance management. This includes many functions including the measurement of events that reflect resources and operations; as well as the concepts and theories necessary to help managers overcome their goals. In our facility Health Care INC. our primary role of finance is to plan for, obtain, and make use of resources that can help you increase the productivity and value of the healthcare facility. 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 Special Purpose Entity (SPE) was the legal structure for the fair value and gain on Sale accounting. According to…
FINANCIAL EDUCATION Financial literacy is an extremely important life skill in present time fast paced society. Financial education is the knowledge of making responsible decisions when it comes to financial matters. The President’s Advisory Council on Financial literacy defines financial education as “the process by which people improve their understanding of financial products, services and concepts, so they are empowered to make informed choices, avoid pitfalls, know where to…
The 2008 financial collapse, also known as a “Business Recession,” “ Financial Crisis,” or “ Global Financial Crisis,” began with the United State and brought many countries to the edge of insolvency. In another word, the crash of September 2008 through the largest bankruptcies. The contagion, which began with low-interest rates drove housing prices higher and that made the mortgages backed securities and collateralized debt obligations (CDO). At that time, the investors were sitting on their…
strategies will be conducted the day after employee’s payslips are release as it may motivate employees to invest quicker. MineCompany aims are to increase their employee's personal experience and knowledge of investments as it may help their work performance and assist customers with their investment…
Monica Patel ECON 4210 10/29/14 Problem Set 2 The 2007-2009 financial crisis originated in the United States, and was primarily caused by the introduction of subprime mortgages. In the years leading up to the crisis, new methods for evaluating risk surfaced and this allowed financial institutions to offer borrowers with higher risk a new type of mortgage, known as a subprime mortgage. These subprime mortgages were then bundled into various types of securities, all done with the intention to…
All my life savings were at risk. I decided to invest it all into UPRO – a stock that performed three times the amount of the S&P 500 index. At the time, everything was set; the market conditions were perfect. However, my heart was still pounding as I felt like vomiting due to my uneasiness. It was the first time I invested money into the stock market. Nevertheless, I told my father to execute the order on my behalf. On December 4th, 2017, I bought 40 shares of UPRO at $172.09. After the first…