Posted: December 13th, 2015

FINAL PROJECT Business terms into paragraphs

FINAL PROJECT DUE MONDAY DECEMBER 14

PLEASE WRITE THREE SHORT ESSAY PARAGRAPHS (NUMBERED 1, 2 & 3) USING EACH TERM BELOW IN A MEANINGFUL AND SUBSTANTIVE WAY IN THE ESSAY. 

BOLD THE TERM WHEN YOU EMPLOY IT. EVERY TERM MUST BE USED.  YOU MAY USE THE SAME TERM MORE THAN ONCE.

Essay 1

The American Consumer as Consumer of Last Resort; Bretton Woods II; the Dollar as the Global Reserve Currency; Budget Deficits; Global Structural Imbalances; Funding the US Trade Deficit; Fiat Currency; Fiscal vs. Monetary policy; Quantitative Easing; Sovereign Risk; Debt to GDP; Reserve Ratio; Multiplier Effect; Velocity of Money. (14 terms)

Essay 2

Leverage; Toxic assets; Originate-to-Distribute; Reach for Yield; Agency Issues; Mark-to-Market; FASB 157; Mispricing of Risk; Securitization & Structured Credit (RMBS); CP (Commercial Paper) Funding Crisis for Off Balance Sheet SIVs; Loose Monetary Policy; Derivatives; CDS; MEWs (mortgage equity withdrawals); Funding Mismatch; CDO squared; Spreads Widening; Credit Risk; Collateral; Interest Rate Risk. (20 terms)

Essay 3

The Problem of Induction; the Efficient Market Hypothesis; Market Failure; Reflexivity; Black Swans; Behavioral Finance; Fooled by Randomness; Gaussian Copula Formula; Boom Bust Cycles; Balance Sheet Recession; Correlation vs. Causation; Secular vs. Cyclical trends; Diversification of Risk; Principal/Agent Problem; Too Big to Fail; Moral Hazard; Idiosyncratic vs. Systemic Risk. (17 terms)