Aggregation and disaggregation of wealth and flows of funds in order to bring small and large investors with savers 3. ... The most common financial instruments include stocks, which are issued by company in order to raise money from investors. When investors pay for stock they actually give money to company, in exchange they get ownership interest in the company (C. ... They were all linked together in a securitization food chain, a system, which overturned trillions of dollars by connecting mortgages and other loans with investors. ... These CDO's are then sold to investors. ...

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In the following paper, I will describe the state of the Russian economy, how it got there, prospects for the future and recommendations regarding impact on U.S. investors. ... In light of the recent defaults, today Western investors and organizations are far less anxious to invest in Russia without deep fundamental changes in the way Russia is governed. ... Another alternative is that the West could continue to invest in Russia. ...

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY Brief economic history During the 1960s the South African economy expanded at an annual average rate of 5,5 percent and experienced average inflation of 2,4 percent. This compared with annual growth of 5,0 percent in industrialised Organisation for Economic Corporatio...

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What Reagan inherited was economic stagnation, double digit inflation, double digit unemployment, and a "bear" stock market.9 Not since the 1930's was there a worse economic recession.10 The one-time movie actor had a plan for recovery. ... For one thing, companies never need to pay private investors back (forgetting dividends). Additionally, investors who contribute large amounts of capital take have influence in the decision-making process. They want the company to do as well as it can, because as the company prospers, so does the stock price. ...

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Since the reversion, Hong Kong has been confronting economic recession, rising unemployment, the collapse of the real estate and stock markets and serious disruption to air cargo traffic following the chaos during the opening of the new airport at Chek Lap Kok. ... The Mainland is also a major investor in Hong Kong's economy; it is Hong Kong's third-largest source of direct foreign investment (Roberts et al, 1999). ...

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Adam Smith was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland in 1723. His father died before he was born and was raised by his mother. He attended Glasgow University for three years and later on went to Balliol College, Oxford for the next six years of his life. Afterwards, he decided to return to Kirkcadly in ...

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However Figure 1, in this case, the diagram demonstrates the axiom of how economies employment expands in the 'capitalist' sector as capital formation occurs and the stock of capital increases in the same sector. ...

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benefits and threats of globalisation Introduction There are processes in the international order--driven by revolutions in communication and information technology--that exhibit seemingly inexorable globalising tendencies while, at the same time, there are a range of actions, adopted by states and non state actors alike, that attempt to resist these often ill defined phenomena captured by the all embracing notion of 'globalisation'. For example, the long term tendency towards freer trade, electronic commerce and the seemingly uncontrollable power of deregulated capital markets do...

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