Sentences with phrase «major financial crash»

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In all three examples when the VIX went below 10, markets were more than five years into recoveries from major plunges: The 1987 crash, the dot - com implosion in 2000 and the financial crisis in 2008 - 09.

Not one executive of any major Wall Street firm that caused the financial crash in 2008 through fraudulent activities was prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department — which was headed at the time by law partners from Covington & Burling — the Big Tobacco law firm that was singled out in a Federal Court decision for hiding the deadly effects of cigarette smoke for decades.

In the wake of the flash crash, for instance, the major securities exchanges — along with the SEC and FINRA, the financial industry's self - regulatory organization — settled on a formula for canceling so - called broken trades.

And if you don't believe that Italy's problems could have a major impact on US investors, remember how the US subprime mortgage crash and subsequent financial crisis affected the entire world.

Were this attitude to hold in medicine we would still be bloodletting, in physics we would be trying to reach the moon with very large rubber bands, and in economics we would still be suffering major worldwide financial crashes.

Scripted by leading lady Sylvia Chung — who co-stars with Chow Yun - Fat as the secretly entangled, openly warring bosses of a major import - export company — To's film has much more to say about workplace politics, commercial culture and the roots of the financial crash than its gaudy, giddy exterior might suggest.

Taleb's message will resonate with investors who endured two major market crashes in a single decade: the tech wreck at the turn of the millennium and the 2008 — 09 financial crisis.

If you were involved in a crash with an 18 - wheeler or semitrailer on an Idaho highway, you can be sure that your opponent in any personal injury lawsuit will be a major insurance company hired to preserve the commercial concern's financial bottom line.

Auto insurance is a great way to ensure you are not the complete loser in a car crash; it secures your assets and ensures you of a payout based on your extent of cover thus shielding you from major financial losses.

As the cryptocurrency market capitalization hits the $ 300 bln mark, Keiser suggested that major financial institutions will step away from conventional markets which could lead to an economic crash.