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- 101: Main Causes Of The Great Depre
- ... barriers so as to protect American business, but if the United States would not buy from our European counterparts, then there was no way for them to buy from the Americans, or even to pay interest on U.S. loans. The weakness of the international economy certainly contributed to the Great Depression. Europe was reliant upon U.S. loans to buy U.S. goods, and the U.S. needed Europe to ... on the New York Stock Exchange38. From early 1928 to September 1929 the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose from 191 to 38139. This sort of profit was irresistible to investors. Company earnings became of little interest; as long as stock prices continued to rise huge profits could be made. One such example is RCA Corporation, whose stock price leapt from 85 to 420 during 1928, even though it had not yet ... and borrowing $75 from his broker. If he sold the stock at $420 a year later he would have turned his original investment of just $10 into $341.25 ($420 minus the $75 and 5% interest owed to the broker). That makes a return of over 3400%! Investors' craze over the proposition of profits like this drove the market to absurdly high levels. By mid 1929 the total of outstanding ...
- 102: Fuel Wars
- ... government is contributing to the problem, gas prices at the pump are taxed 30%. If Canada reduces the tax, highly unlikely, it would reduce the price a bit. Down the road, gas prices will effect interest rates and stock prices, interest rates would go up, because any item that uses gas, in order to create something, such as a cement truck, the price of the final product the cement truck helped build, would increase and ...
- 103: Causes of The Great Depression
- ... barriers so as to protect American business, but if the United States would not buy from our European counterparts, then there was no way for them to buy from the Americans, or even to pay interest on U.S. loans. The weakness of the international economy certainly contributed to the Great Depression. Europe was reliant upon U.S. loans to buy U.S. goods, and the U.S. needed Europe to ... end note 38). From early 1928 to September 1929 the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose from 191 to 381(end note 39). This sort of profit was irresistible to investors. Company earnings became of little interest; as long as stock prices continued to rise huge profits could be made. One such example is RCA corporation, whose stock price leapt from 85 to 420 during 1928, even though it had not yet ... and borrowing $75 from his broker. If he sold the stock at $420 a year later he would have turned his original investment of just $10 into $341.25 ($420 minus the $75 and 5% interest owed to the broker). That makes a return of over 3400%! Investors' craze over the proposition of profits like this drove the market to absurdly high levels. By mid 1929 the total of outstanding ...
- 104: Actions of the Government and The Increase in Prices
- ... selling of these bonds more attractive to consumers. When the Federal Reserve purchases a bond from a consumer a check is issued to the seller for the agreed price. This higher bond prices also lowers interest rates. The seller then deposits this check into his/her bank. This action increases deposits in the bank, which in turn raises the banks reserves to increase. The required reserves are increased by the amount of ... reserves. Because the excess reserves of the bank have increased, the bank is now able to loan out more money. The bank will continue to make new loans until it is loaned out. The lower interest rates that are caused by the higher bond prices encourages more consumers to borrow money. This increase in the amount of loans causes a raise in the money supply by a multiplied effect. Because ...
- 105: Great Depression
- ... barriers so as to protect American business, but if the United States would not buy from our European counterparts, then there was no way for them to buy from the Americans, or even to pay interest on U.S. loans. The weakness of the international economy certainly contributed to the Great Depression. Europe was reliant upon U.S. loans to buy U.S. goods, and the U.S. needed Europe to ... on the New York Stock Exchange. From early 1928 to September 1929 the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose from 191 to 381. This sort of profit was irresistible to investors. Company earnings became of little interest; as long as stock prices continued to rise huge profits could be made. One such example is RCA Corporation, whose stock price leapt from 85 to 420 during 1928, even though it had not yet ... and borrowing $75 from his broker. If he sold the stock at $420 a year later he would have turned his original investment of just $10 into $341.25 ($420 minus the $75 and 5% interest owed to the broker). That makes a return of over 3400%! Investors' craze over the proposition of profits like this drove the market to absurdly high levels. By mid 1929 the total of outstanding ...
- 106: Intel
- ... spending for marketing programs, including media merchandising and the Company's Intel Inside cooperative advertising program, drove the 27% increase in marketing, general and administrative expenses from 1994 to 1995. The $28 million decrease in interest expense from 1994 to 1995 was mainly due to lower average borrowing balances in addition to higher interest capitalization resulting from increased facility construction programs. The increase in interest expense from 1993 to 1994 was primarily due to higher average interest rates on borrowings, partially offset by higher interest capitalization. The Company utilizes investments and corresponding interest rate swaps to preserve principal while ...
- 107: United States and Imperialism
- ... aspirations to put the American flag on as much of the globe as possible. During this exciting and innovative era , there were two main underlying motivations for the United State's aspirations of expansion: self-interest and idealism. When studying the United State's imperialist stage, historians usually argue that the motivations for expansion beyond U.S. borders were influenced more heavily by idealism, or more heavily by self-interest. Those who argue that the most influential factor was idealism believe that the United State's goal in expansion was to literally help create an "ideal" world (in the United State's view). The United ... towards the claim that idealism was the main motive for expansion. Although the United States's motivation for expansion did rely somewhat on idealism, the prevalent and straight-forward factor in this motivation was self-interest; the United States had plans for capitalizing on Hawaii, Cuba, Philippines, China and many other potentially beneficiary lands around the time of 1900. The United State's greedy imperialism was seen in its interest ...
- 108: The Joy Of Reading
- As soon as a novel must be read or becomes part of a literary course, the joy of reading it is immediately lost due to the fact that the particular novel may not be interest to the student, the student may hurry to finish the novel and by the extent to which the novel is studied. The joy of reading a novel is lost when a novel is not of interest to the reader because the reader would not be able to relate to any of the characters, and would therefore not be able to fully imagine what the author intended to be imagined at a particular moment in the novel. Not being able to imagine in a novel does not allow the novel to be read properly which further causes the reader to lose interest in the novel. Also, if the novel is not of interest to the student, he may not even bother to read the book, however, since it is forced upon him, it would be read ...
- 109: The Kondratieff Wave
- ... during this period not knowing what to be cautious about. There is much speculation going on and being one of the first persons to act may give you and advantage. In the second quadrant nominal rates expand, theres speculation of hard assets, etc. Gradually paying off debt here is recommendable. It is a time where there is most likely a surplus of cash and a general view of this is too good to be true. In the third quadrant of the K-wave debt gets difficult to payoff. The reason for this is that even though actual nominal interest rates may lower, real interest rates will go up. Making it harder for a company to come up with the solvency. The actual face value of money does not go accordingly. Every day the same ...
- 110: Jury Nullification and Its Effects on Black America
- ... 2 All arguments regarding Butler's thesis must be framed within the context of these problems, if not directly addressing them. Although Butler lists it last, he does note that the problem of high incarceration rates among Black males is the one noted most frequently. This problem is one which is essential to the discussion of jury nullification, and should be explored specifically for a number of reasons. First, whatever the ... not determinative, factor in deciding whom to follow, detain, search, or arrest."7 Despite the fact that discrimination may exist among police, the arrest figures still do not account for the vast disparity in incarceration rates. So other aspects of the criminal justice system must be examined. Another level in which discrimination can be claimed is that of the prosecutor. Because prosecutors have such enormous discretion when deciding which charges to ... does deserve action, but it is not as high of a number as some might speculate, and therefore might dictate a more moderate solution. This will be discussed further later. Second, "the crime and delinquency rates of incarceration, and rates of arrest and of victimization of those who move away from these slums are indistinguishable from whites of the same social class."13 This fact suggests that socioeconomic factors are ...
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