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The State vs the Markets – Mark Thirlwell
The Psychology of the Financial Crisis
In this talk, Nicholas Barberis, the Stephen & Camille Schramm Professor of Finance at the Yale School of Management, will discuss the role that irrational thinking and decision-making may have played in the development of the current economic downturn. Drawing on ideas from both social and cognitive psychology, he will shed light on this relatively neglected aspect of the crisis. This lecture was delivered at the Association of Yale Alumni Reunion Weekend on June 5, 2009….
cantosTV: Commercial property returns near record low of 1974
According to IPD we are precariously close to the worst 12 month performance from the UK commercial property market on record, that was back in 1974. Phil Murray talks to Ian Cullen, the Co-Founding Director, in more detail about the latest figures.
Financial Systems – What Happens Next – Larry Tabb, founder & ceo, Tabb Group
In this video Larry Tabb, founder & ceo, Tabb Group discusses many key topics addressing financial services companies including: – Decreasing overall technology and execution costs – Accessing global markets with technology – Leveraging technology for a competitive advantage in low latency – What Happens Next in trading and risk management The video was part of SunGard’s New York City Day on June 23, 2009.
Muhammad Yunus – The Social Business Model
and founder of The Grameen Bank, speaks about his new book Creating a World Without Poverty. Muhammad Yunus is founder and managing director of the Grameen Bank, established in Bangladesh in 1983. Dr. Yunus founded the bank with the objective of helping poor people escape from poverty by providing loans on terms suitable to them and by teaching them a few sound principles of finances so they can help themselves. The Grameen Bank has advanced to the forefront of a burgeoning world …
David Skarica interviewed by Ellis Martin of The Opportunity Show discuss the long bond bubble.
Ellis Martin of The Opportunity Show interviews financial newsletter writer, David Skarica (www.addictedtoprofits.net). David discusses the bursting of the long bond market super-bubble and what it could mean for the near and long term future economically. Contact: opportunityshow@yahoo.com www.theopportunityshow.com … Dave Skarica David Ellis Martin addicted to profits newsletter Canadian Canada United States North American investment finance markets bond long term bubble trends stocks …
cantosTV: More investment banks will fail
The depth of the crisis facing the financial sector means that more banks will go to the wall, says Robin Bew, EIU.
Investment funds and pensions scandal? Fund management risk and opportunity. Rates of return for investors, investment banking future, regulation and markets. Retail funds performance. Conference keynote speaker.
www.globalchange.com Many fund managers don’t recommend own retail investment funds to family and do not chose to invest own wealth in own funds. Future scandal in fund management? Risk management keynote conference speaker Dr Patrick Dixon addressing 100s of leading fund managers. Market confidence and investment fund misselling? Spitzer inquiry into financial services integrity, sales commissions, agents and distribution. Real investment returns low in many actively managed funds compared …
Global Economic Trends: The Credit Crunch
George Soros, Chairman, Soros Fund Management LLC; Author, The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crash of 2008 and What It Means Presider: Sebastian Mallaby, Deputy Director of Studies, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations (May 7, 2008 at the Council on Foreign Relations)
One Year Later: Lyndon LaRouche Webcast July 22, 2008
July 18 2008 (LPAC)–On July 1, Lyndon LaRouche proposed emergency action by the US Federal Reserve Bank, to prevent social chaos, in the face of looming collapses of some leading US commercial banks and other financial institutions. LaRouche presented two emergency measures, aimed as stop-gaps, to prevent chaos. First, he called for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to four percent, in order to assure that institutional depositors maintain their deposits in the banking system. Second, …
