The subprime crisis
Essay - 10 pages - Political science
Edward Gramlich in his presentation during the Jackson Hole yearly central bankers symposium of August 31, 2007, said that, 'productivity often improves in fits and starts, in other words, booms and busts play a prominent role. In the 19th century, the United States benefited from the canal...
The subprime crisis in the United States and its impact on the European financial markets
Thesis - 91 pages - Economy general
It was in February 2007 that the current financial market crisis was revealed to the United States. Institutions specializing in subprime loans announced their first losses and provisions. The financial experts compiled several scenarios. Was this a temporary crisis that would correct the...
Modeling the VLE of carbon dioxide in aqueous piperazine using aspen plus
Thesis - 10 pages - Fiscal law
In this work a thermodynamic model has been developed based on electrolyte-NRTL model within Aspen Plus framework using the binary parameters obtained form literature (Hilliard, 2008) to predict the vapor-liquid equilibria of CO2 in aqueous piperazine (PZ) solutions. The model is validated with...
Role of high frequency trading in modern financial markets, and Volcker Rule and its impact on proprietary trading
Case study - 8 pages - Finance
The financial markets play an important role in the financing of the real economies of the different countries of the world. It is important to note that the financial markets channel the savings as well as the investments. They also play an important role in the facilitation of the formation of...
A look at corporate taxation
Essay - 4 pages - Finance
As any business withdraws and employs reduction of all or parts of its assets to cash or cash equivalents to its shareholders, the last step that is usually undertaken is the complete liquidation of the corporation and this denotes the end of the corporation's life as well as the cessation of...
Mutual fund as an investment option at Angel Booking Ltd
Case study - 53 pages - Finance
Let me advocate that the Indian economy is an economic giant in all of Asia. This development has taken place due to the growth in the financial system. This financial system provides the background to various investors regarding varied options to invest. Thus, development of the economy depends...
Mutual fund as an investment options in Prudent Corporate Advisory Services Limited
Essay - 83 pages - Services marketing
All investments carry risk in some form or the other. Risk, liquidity and return are the so-called factors, which are considered before making an investment. But there is a trade off between risk and return. Lower the risk and lower the return. The decision of which mode of investment to...
Commodity markets Vs share markets
Case study - 77 pages - Finance
Indian markets have recently thrown open a new avenue for retail investors and traders to participate in: commodity derivatives. For those who want to diversify their portfolios beyond shares, bonds and real estate, commodities are the best option. Till some months ago, this wouldn't have...
Slurry transport
Thesis - 8 pages - Physics
In Slurry Transport, the solids are first ground to fine grain size and made into slurry with a liquid medium. The slurry is then pumped through the pipes to a desired destination. Even though the concept of slurry pipelining was known at the turn of the century, it was only in 1957 that it...
A report on the market "Sukuk"
Market study - 9 pages - Finance
Global capital markets have long been functioning without Islamic components. Only recently have they been subject to the emergence of a new dimension: the sukuk (Islamic Bond) market. The sukuk market has experienced a spectacular growth since 2001 in the Middle East, supported by ultra-high...
Working capital analysis of a steel plant
Case study - 43 pages - Business strategy
Finance is the life blood of any business. As like without blood a human being cannot survive similarly without finance a business survive or run. Finance is aptly called as the science of money. It is the study of the principle and the methods of obtaining control of money from those who have...
Security analysis and portfolio management in Collabo Interactive Solutions
Case study - 45 pages - Business strategy
Portfolio management is both an art and a science. It is a dynamic decision making process, one that is continuous and systematic but also requires a great deal of judgment. The objective of this project is to blend theory and practice to achieve a consistent portfolio management process. This...
Boiling point determination experiment
Thesis - 2 pages - Physics
In this experiment, we investigated a physical property called the boiling point. The objective of our experiment is to measure the boiling point of an unknown liquid by using only a small amount of that liquid, and then we compare the boiling point to the boiling points of the three liquids:...
Analysis of risk and return of mutual fund schemes at Standard Chartered Mutual Funds
Dissertation - 34 pages - Finance
Balancing of funds which includes issuing & collecting of funds in any economy is very important. There are many financial products in india, not only for balancing but also to provide liquidity for ideal capital, such as bank deposits, NSS savings, securities, insurance etc., which have...
Azeotropic distillation
Thesis - 6 pages - Physics
Distillation is the most widely used separation technique in the chemical and petroleum industry. However not all liquid mixtures are amenable to ordinary fractional distillation. When the components of the system have low relative volatilities (1.00 <
Concentration/evaporation of the juices - published: 17/05/2009
Thesis - 9 pages - Journalism
The fruit juice processing industry is one of the world's major agro-based businesses. Orange juice is the dominant juice trade worldwide. Juice is a liquid naturally contained in vegetable or fruit tissue. Juice may be supplied in concentrate form. Generally, concentrates have a noticeably...
Is the Subprime crisis a financial or global crisis?
Essay - 25 pages - Finance
Was the subprime crisis predictable? Some analysts predicted it in 2005 as a continuation of a long boom, during which loans to U.S. households rose sharply. Now the U.S. Federal Reserve (FED), led for over 20 years by Alan Greenspan takes a systematic approach to support the banking crisis stock...
Concentration/evaporation of the juices
Thesis - 10 pages - Physics
The fruit juice processing industry is one of the world's major agro-based businesses. Orange juice dominates in juice trade worldwide. Juice is a liquid that is naturally contained in vegetable or fruit tissue. Juice may be supplied in concentrate form. Generally, concentrates have a noticeably...
Cash management services
Thesis - 19 pages - Finance
With the growing pressure on interest spread, banks are focusing their attention on the 'fee based' Services. The exponential growth in IT and Communications has helped banks in developing and delivering customer friendly products in the areas of Collections and Payments. As we are all...
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs): Reactions of Developed Countries
Dissertation - 70 pages - Finance
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) have attracted increasing attention during the last few years, mainly due to their intervention in the rescue of the American and European financial systems. This intervention came at a time when the other financial systems were in a financial and economic turmoil....
A study on working capital management
Thesis - 10 pages - Finance
Cash is the lifeline of a company, no matter how large or small the organization is. If this lifeline deteriorates so does the company's ability to fund operations, reinvest and meet capital requirements and payments. Understanding a company's cash flow health is essential to making...
The stock exchange and the big industries of India
Dissertation - 39 pages - Finance
Stock market is a broad term, which involves a number of markets in which securities are brought and sold. Stock markets often rise and fall. Before knowing why the stock markets are so volatile, let us understand about stock market and the investment options available to a potential investor....
Equilibrium: Heat energy
Presentation - 90 pages - Physics
Heat is energy flowing from a high temperature object to a low temperature object. When the two objects are at the same temperature, there is no net flow of energy or heat. That is why a covered cup of coffee will not be colder than or warmer than the room temperature after it has been in there...
Earth: The sphere
Thesis - 4 pages - Ecology & environment
Although earth looks very simple it is a complex planet, which is constructed out of three things: air, land and water. Air as we know is also called atmosphere that took 4.5 billions years to create as it is now and consisted of deadly gases in early years. It was created by erupting volcanoes,...
Dooms day in Europe
Thesis - 4 pages - Economy general
The advent of globalization has significantly reduced the international trade barriers. However, we have fallen prey to a host of other related issues as well. One major issue is the recent financial crisis which was triggered off by the stock market crash of January 21, 2008. It started off with...
The current financial crisis compared with the 1929 crisis
Essay - 10 pages - Economy general
The growing number of newspapers and magazines citing similarities between the 1929 crisis and the current crisis raises questions about the relevance of these comparisons. Since the 1930s, the world has experienced other crises, but the magnitude that one is now experiencing, explains the key...
Financial analysis report: Adidas vs. Puma
Essay - 20 pages - Business strategy
Europe will be hosting two major sports events in 2012: the UEFA European soccer championship in Poland and Ukraine as well as the Olympic Games in London. Consequently, with the end of 2011 approaching, there might be a current window of opportunity to invest in European manufacturers of...
In your opinion what was the primary cause of the financial crisis/recession of 2008-2009?
Case study - 3 pages - Government finance
I believe that the main reason for the economic depression that happened to United States in 2008-2009 was as a result of failure by the insurance companies and banks. The cri8sis was mainly as a result of a combination of global macroeconomic imbalances and weaknesses that were so sever in the...
Economic and Financial Management - Jaguar Land Rover
Case study - 9 pages - Finance
This report entails an analysis of Jaguar Land Rover's financial statement. This report explores the firm's financial performance regarding the different financial ratios, including liquidity, profitability, leverage and net profit margin. A comparative analysis of the firm's financial...
US quantitative easing
Case study - 9 pages - Finance
Through 3 phases of QE implementation, QE1, QE2 and QE3, more than 1 billion dollars has been flood out to the market by Fed. Although the effects of QE are still somehow confusing, the QE application in the US proves a positive situation in financial market. Over-using of this method may pose...
