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The crisis is all about paper

March 29th, 2009 · No Comments

I just finished an exam about Law & Economics as a part of my MBA formation and I recall that one of the questions was about the current financial crisis. Our professor, Fernando Monterroso, asked if it is true that the current crisis is all about the failure of the market. The answer is simply […]

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Tags: Business · Economy

What happened at Wall Street?

February 25th, 2009 · No Comments

The economic crisis has been over us for some time, with the last couple of days throwing the mayor indexes all the way down to 10 year lows, showing a lack in confidence from the investors.
Most people have heard about sub-prime, but don’t really know what happened behind the scenes and how these advanced financial […]

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Tags: Business · Economy · Investment

The good thing about a crisis

January 4th, 2009 · No Comments

When you see a headline like that it screams opportunities. In rough times a lot of people get affected negatively, but there will also be companies benefitting from the situation. Remember when the war in Iraq began? Some Danish companies were involved in the re-building and transportation of military supplies etc, and obviously these companies […]

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Save the money in the pillow??

December 9th, 2008 · No Comments

In these rough times a lot of people have preferred to take out their savings from the stock market and simply hide themĀ under the bed. This is an understandable reaction when panic enters, and the markets start decline, but is this really the best solution right now? Of course no one can predict with certainty […]

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Tags: Economy

Is Google out?

November 27th, 2008 · No Comments

With stock dropping from well over $700 to it’s current level just under $300 it is very interesting to see what has been going on at the search giants HQ. Many analysts thought that the old price was ridiculously overvalued and this might have been the case. Of course the entire market is down after […]

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Tags: Economy · Investment