Trent Accreditation Scheme

“Where the Sidewalk Ends” is probably one of Shel Silverstein’s most well known work. It doesn’t have a distinct rhyme scheme. The last word of the first line of the first two stanzas doesn’t rhyme with any other word in the same stanza. Then the second line roughly rhymes with the last sentence. Lastly three lines in the stanza rhyme one after each other. Aside from the rhyme scheme, this poem uses strong imagery. Silverstein describes nature as a brilliant, wonderful place. On the other hand…

others within the financial industry. The term “Ponzi scheme” is one that is often heard in the world of finance. It comes from the fraudulent act committed by Charles Ponzi in the early 20th century. ( Ferrell, 2009) Charles Ponzi is believed to have been the first to successfully pull off such a scandal. Some would say that while Charles Ponzi created it, Bernard Madoff nearly perfected it. Bernard Madoff is accused of creating the “Ponzi scheme that destroyed $65 billion in investments”.…

publications such as the Wall Street Journal. The film also examines the catastrophe that Madoff brought to his victims lives, as well as the fear the whistleblowers dealt with as they pursued exposing Madoff but also the inner workings of the scheme, the malfeasance of both the SEC and the participation of the various fund managers and investment businesses, or “feeder funds” (Chasing Madoff) that joined in both the collusion and the profits. In fact according to information given in the…

Bernie Madoff, a well-respected financier, conducted one of the most well-known Ponzi schemes. Madoff lured in investors by guaranteeing them unusual high returns. Over several decades, Madoff was able to scam and convince thousands of investors to hand over their savings with a false promise of consistent profits in return. He was eventually caught in December 2008 and was charged with 11 counts of fraud, money laundering, perjury, and theft (Yang). On June 29, 2009, he was sentenced to 150…

credit was below what it should be, not allowing him to buy the car. Gary Stern was his attorney at the time to deal with his taxes. Stern was involved in creating a fraudulent tax scheme which left Thomas to pay back the IRS over one million dollars while destroying his credit. Stern created a fraudulent tax scheme which included funneling renewable energy tax credits throughout multiple business for his clients. Thomas and around twenty other athletes such as Ray Lewis…

“In 1997, after Cosmo became a licensed stockbroker, he was arrested and later pleaded guilty to mail fraud related to a stock investment scheme. He was sentenced in 1999 to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $177,000 plus interest and to undergo therapy for gambling. His broker's license was revoked in 2000 and he made restitution payments of $11,000, records show” (Amon, Dymski, Icantalupo, Maier, 2007).…

The cognomen Madoff has been stained with deception as it relates to American investment fraud history. Bernie Madoff masterminded a modern day Ponzi scheme, which was the biggest investment fraud known to Wall Street that amounted to $65 billion swindled from investors for a 20 year period (Graybow & McCool, 2009). Madoff, 77 years old, is currently serving a 150-year prison term at Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan; 150 years was the maximum sentence for his crimes (Henriques…

Water shortages and droughts have been huge social, economic, and political issues in Australia. As the world’s driest habitable continent, Australia’s water use and management has and will continue to be among the most contentious issues facing the federal and state governments, as well as the public. Research indicates that Australians are, per capita, the biggest consumers of water in the world. When discussing water usage in Australia, one also has to consider the related issue of water…

The moment we had to choose someone to interview I instantly knew who my interviewee was going to be. I realized that I had to pick someone I knew a lot about and also someone whose job easily related to the economy. The person I choose to interview was going to be my mom and my reasoning for choosing her was because her job directly relates to the economy and is something that I have a decent amount of knowledge about. Not only is her job linked to the local and global economy but she also…

Business Issue: The Asset Management Industry There are two general approaches to investment management – either utilizing active investment management or passive investment management. An active investment managers’ goal is to outperform a specific benchmark index by identifying mispriced securities. A passive managers’ goal is to closely track or replicate the return pattern of a specified benchmark index at a low cost. A passive manager does not make any attempt to seek out mispriced…