National Chengchi University Department of Finance ETP Graduate Investments Fall 2010 Case Discussion Questions Instructor: Professor Edward H. Chow 周行一 Case study: financial bubble Case: Trouble with a bubble (9-808-067) 1. Why did Irving Fisher believe that stock prices had reached a permanently high plateau? 2. Why did the stock market crash in 1929? 3. Why did influential individuals like Fisher‚ Keynes and Rockefeller believe that the downturn would only be temporary? Case
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always been a part of the political arena. There exists a body of social science and psychological study specifically related to power and the effects it has on men and women‚ particularly in the political field. Power and influence can lead to a “bubble effect” for some politicians where they become insular. The formation of a double standard and hypocritical behavior emerges. A 2010 The Economist magazine article explains this political phenomenon. “Politicians who have extramarital affairs while
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Part of Chapter 2. Of Human Bondage 15 Years after the battle of waterloo came the civil war of United states and the battle in the state of Mississippi‚ which was in the hands of the north but the south wants Mississippi. The port of new -Orlands became the most important export port for the south. The control of (I don’t know what product is because I didn’t understand in the video) was crucial for the sells of south and this product became an essential key in the bond market. The Confederate
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Bubbles Imagine trying to wash dishes without a soap solution. It would be hard and things wouldn ’t get clean. Soap solutions are what make bubbles. Are there soap solutions that make better bubbles? I will test different soap solutions by experiments to see if certain soaps form better bubbles. The tests consist of how big the bubbles get (size) and how long the bubbles last (life span). There is not one person who knows where or when soap was first made. A rough soap was used in France in about
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Review Bubble column reactors Nigar Kantarcia‚ Fahir Borakb‚ Kutlu O. Ulgena‚* aDepartment of Chemical Engineering‚ Bog˘azic¸i University‚ 34342 Bebek-Istanbul‚ Turkey bDepartment of Chemical Engineering‚ Yeditepe University‚ 34755 Kadikoy-Istanbul‚ Turkey Received 31 August 2004; accepted 26 October 2004 Abstract Bubble columns are intensively used as multiphase contactors and reactors in chemical‚ biochemical and petrochemical industries. They provide several advantages during operation
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1.0 Introduction NEIMOMA represents “How are you” in Chinese‚ which gives a good impression when the tourists first come to the hotel. NEIHOMA is a 3 stars hotel‚ which is situated on the seafront and a short distance from the main shopping center. The aim of this report is to increase the stars level from 3 to 4 when running the business. The purpose is to analyze the hotels’ actions from year 1 to year 3‚ with data and graphs explanation‚ to measure the overall performance. Firstly‚ this report
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My topic is about using bubble wrap to save the energy! Staying energy efficient is crucial in saving money. When I moved into my first house on campus‚ I was very shocked at the first heating bill. Soon after‚ I decided to find ways to lower my energy bill‚ through means of energy efficiency. After learning about energy efficiency in class‚ I learned that big portion of energy is consumed by space heating. So I insulated my windows with bubble wrap. I recently received my next heating bill to see
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Housing Bubbles in Metropolises in China Introduction The boom of house market has emerged accompanying with the soaring development of Chinese economy over the last two decades. Although the prosperity of real estate sector makes contributions to the growth of national fiscal revenue and Gross Domestic Product‚ it also raises a serious problem --- housing bubbles‚ defined as the housing prices deviate too much from its fundamental value (Flood and Hodrick‚ 1900)‚ especially in metropolitan
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self-adhesive flap. The front and back sides of padded envelopes sandwich one of two types of protective padding: recycled fibers‚ or plastic bubble wrap. The former resembles shredded natural cotton or macerated newsprint‚ using pure soft bulk for protection. The latter uses a layer of thin‚ lightweight plastic with raised pockets of trapped air. The pockets or "bubbles" provide the protection in this type of mailer. Padded envelopes are easily recognized because of their bulk‚ relative to regular non-padded
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with regard to the advantages of coated bubbles and creation of products that were cost-effective substitutes for the low quality alternatives in the protective packaging market. Also part of its philosophy was a “consultative selling approach” through which salespeople spent most of their time making cost-effective research on the products at end-user locations. This not only created brand awareness‚ educated customers about the advantages of the coated bubble packaging and the importance of quality
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