Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Financial crises
- They invlo0ve speculation when assets are bought,
they involve speculation when assets are bought, in
the hope that the price will rise, or sold, inthe
expectation of a fall in the price
- Financial crises are characterized
by: *An increase in speculative
activity, market euphoria, and rapidly
prices. *A turning point which leads
to panic selling, extreme pessimism,
and rapidly decreasing prices.
*Spreading to domestic and foreing
economies.
- *Euphoria: extreme happiness with a situation.
*Mortgage: a loan made to someone for the purpose
of buying a house
- Securization is when on the strenght of the future
income from loans, they borrowed more money by
issuing bonds which they sold to other financial
institutions in the USA and broad.
- Credit crunch 2007-2008: There was much speculative activity in the
US property market. Houses prices were rising and financial
institutions were happy; but lenders did not keep these sub-prime
mortgages on their books
- Crises happen when the speculation
destanilizes the market causing
prices to rise or fall dramatically
- The resulting fall in prices causes panic in
the market with investors rushing to off-load
their assets leading to a market collapse