Here are what aspects of the most recent annual reports of Apple, Microsoft and Google might mean in a looming
global crash of our financial system:
This article ponders what key aspects of the most recent Annual Reports of the «big three» (i.e. Apple, Microsoft and Google) might actually mean when considered against a backdrop of a likely looming
global crash of our present - day fiat monetary system; it then posits what the implications might be for eLearning in general.
Existing prediction systems failed to forecast
the global crash of 2008, which led to several governments bailing out their banks and European nations, such as Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Spain, being plunged into a sovereign debt crisis.
Not exact matches
More news this week, confirmation that the Russian passenger plane that
crashed over Egypt's Sinai, killing all 224 passengers and crew, was also an act
of terrorism just stoked the already sensitive nerves
of the
global community.
The chief
global strategist at Charles Schwab says a bitcoin
crash won't infect the rest
of the market
Those experts include Marko Kolanovic, JPMorgan's
global head
of quantitative and derivatives strategy, who has in the past said the shorting
of volatility reminded him
of the conditions leading up to the 1987 stock market
crash.
Fraudulent investment schemes come and go in waves, he adds, and in the wake
of the 2008
global financial
crash, many people seem ready to try alternative paths to financial independence.
But with monthlong high - tech - product life cycles, just - in - time manufacturing operations, and overnight
global currency
crashes, the business world might just be coming around to the marines» point
of view.
The dollar index, which compares it to a basket
of global currencies, was down around 10 percent last year after several years
of gains as the U.S. economy improved following the
global economic
crash.
But for one
global education firm, the crisis was itself a
crash course in making the most
of a crummy situation.
The company became a poster child for the dotcom
crash, but Boyd restructured the company into a
global travel - booking site, largely through the shrewd, $ 135 million purchase
of Booking.com in 2005.
This would have been more okay if the
global economy hadn't suddenly
crashed, hitting the automotive industry the absolute hardest and sucking dry any flow
of investments into car companies, especially new and unproven ones.
The consequences
of mini flash
crashes were first considered by Johnson et al. [20], who suggested that there «may indeed be a degree
of causality between propagating cascades
of UEEs [ultrafast extreme events] and
global instability, despite huge differences in their respective timescales.»
And there is no doubt that despite the scarcity
of the resource, the price
of oil will
crash the next time the
global economy sewers.
The 2008 - 2009 oil price collapse was part
of an overall
crash of the entire
global economy.
As Tronc reckons with the
crash of its stock price and oh - so - private Alden
Global Capital...
It was only a few years later, while I was reading Charles Kindleberger's A Financial History
of Western Europe that I learned that the 1873 crisis actually «began» with a stock market
crash in Vienna in May, four months before the New York markets fell, which spread to Germany, England and other countries, and the subsequent depression was perhaps the first «
global» panic and depression in history.
One would think that they had utterly lost their reputation for honesty — not to mention competence — by pasting AAA ratings on junk mortgages as prime enablers
of the present
global financial
crash.
Two years before the 2008 Wall Street
crash that toppled the
global economy into deep recession, Harper's Magazine published a dark prophecy
of what was to come.
The effect
of the
crash was catastrophic and
global, and only a few outliers were able to predict it happening.
As the USD is the largest component in the basket
of global currencies against which other currencies» purchasing power are measured, and the ruble lost 58 % in valuation versus the USD just from June 2014 to January 2016, I would dare claim that a 58 % devaluation qualifies as a
crash.
When I wrote an article detailing the best reason to own physical gold and silver in coming years, and in that article, detailed recent strong devaluations
of global fiat currencies, including the
crash of the Russian ruble in recent times, someone sent us an email, in response to that article, that effectively stated, «I'm Russian, and the ruble never
crashed, you idiot.»
Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou from JP Morgan says
global consumers enjoyed a US$ 1.8 trillion annual windfall — worth 2.2 per cent
of global GDP — when oil prices
crashed.
The
global stock market
crash has wiped out more than $ 15.0 trillion
of investor wealth.
It may not be necessary to wait for the impending
global recession
of 2013 to
crash the stock market.
My guess is that the stock markets will
crash worldwide in 2012, or if Bernanke does another one
of his mindless interventions by the first quarter
of 2013 at the very latest just on anticipation
of a
global recession.
With its new basket, Chinese authorities have found a way to weaken their currency while anchoring market expectations in an effort to avoid a market shock similar to that
of last August's stock market
crash, according to a BofA Merrill Lynch
Global Research report.
As Marko Kolanovic,
global head
of quantitative and derivatives strategy at J.P. Morgan, wrote in a note following the «flash
crash» on Monday:
Current financial trends indicate that within the next three to six years
global markets could face another significant plunge similar to the market
crashes of 1987 and 2000.
Paulson concludes with a two - part contribution on
global warming, noting that even though «we can see the
crash coming... we're sitting on our hands instead
of altering course.»
Does adding
crash protection based on
global market breadth enhance the reliability
of dual momentum?
Fisheries are
crashing, deforestation is causing a whole complex
of problems, the weather is becoming less favorable because
of global warming, fresh water is becoming scarce, species are disappering, arable land is deteriorating.
My final say as a human to human, from brother to a brother derived from our father and mother Adam & Eve, kindly ask your American Nation to unite all races and faiths under one ceiling and not to
Crash down otherwise it will go back to pieces and fragments
of pieces which will surly to
crash with you since we are still suffering the vibrations
of 9/11 and
of the
Global Economy crises and we do not want those any more as much as you but nothing in hand we ordinary ones have other than we are doing now here!?
«Who could have predicted the
global economic
crash back in the 1970's, or for that matter, the invention
of the hoverboard?
The same Chancellor who still tries to claim that a
global financial and banking crisis, which began in the USA and echoed round the world, was somehow caused by or made worse by levels
of public spending here in Britain — when as Shadow Chancellor, before the
crash, he had pledged to match Labour's spending plans.
Russians have been shocked by a meteorite that
crashed unannounced into their territory, due to the failure
of global coordination
of space.
In the light
of the
crash in
global crude oil price, which is Nigeria's main foreign exchange earner, the devastating actions
of aggrieved militants on oil and gas infrastructure in the oil - rich Niger Delta which has resulted in lock - in or leakages
of crude oil, sometimes in excess
of one million barrels that could have been exported daily, and the consequential rapid decline in the well - being
of the masses, the urgency to fix the Nigerian economy by changing tactics from sole reliance on oil, becomes more poignant and urgent, hence the need for international experts to aid diversification efforts
of the government.
The majority
of voters seem to have convinced themselves that the last Labour government — more precisely, Gordon Brown — was almost single - handedly responsible for the
global financial
crash.
«But we need the political establishment in this country to stop slagging off a sector that is utterly crucial to the British economy and the current system
of global capitalism — and after four years
of navel - gazing since the
crash, we have yet to come up with an alternative.»
He admits frankly: «The market failure
of the
global financial
crash has ended up damaging the electoral position
of the centre left much more than the centre right.»
They then come up with another bizarre statement, that «government is on trial as well as the markets» when everyone actually knows there is a need for restoring a strong positive role for government which alone was able to bail out the banks and prevent a
global economic
crash as well as alone having the capacity to deal with soaring energy bills and transport fares, tackle climate change, and counter the bonus greed and tax avoidance
of the super-rich.
Citi warned immediately ahead
of the election that a devastating
global economic
crash would ensue should the Queens - born businessman triumph — though the company gave him only a one - in - three chance
of winning.
Ten billion cubic metres
of rock
crashed down the mountain and smothered 370 square kilometres
of land, travelling 95 kilometres in total (
Global and Planetary Change, DOI: 10.1016 / j.gloplacha.2010.08.003).
But the failure
of nations to craft a new
global pact has caused demand for the CO2 offsets generated under the U.N.'s carbon markets to dry up, sending prices
crashing and nearly bankrupting many
of the companies that invested in the schemes.
We now have the best evidence yet that an enormous wave
of volcanism, caused by several continents
crashing together to form the even greater landmass known as Gondwana, was the reason for a sharp rise in
global temperature.
A satellite that was launched in 2011 was to be the first to make accurate measurements
of this
global aerosol effect, but it
crashed into the ocean shortly after lift off.
So it turns out that it doesn't matter that all the promo material on the film — TV ads, trailers, everything — reveals the story's twist — Lincoln and Jordan and all their fellow citizens aren't survivors
of a
global disaster but rich people's insurance policies — because all that happens after the secret is revealed is that Bay can finally get down to doing what he loves to do: Stomp and
crash and burn and destroy as Lincoln and Jordan escape into the real world — just 20 minutes into our future — and must be recaptured.
The world is on the cusp
of some kind
of global crisis, but though there are mentions
of escalating tensions and constant intercutting
of footage
of nuclear bombs being detonated and asteroids
crashing into Earth, none
of that actually matters to the story.
In recent years, the DVD market has
crashed and the US market for theatrical is battling for survival due to issues including saturation, a shift to digital platforms, and piracy.36 In addition, the power
of global filmmaking has shifted the balance
of power away from the US domestic market.
And when Hurricane Alice landed, residents took a
crash course on the impact
of global climate change.