1.Main question (250-800 words)

During the last decade, as we were still trying to respond to the damages of the 2008 final crisis, some of the major tendencies included deleverage, regulation, active monetary policy, and an increase in precious metal prices, among others. As the effects of the Great Recession and subprime financial crisis have subdued and are for the most part behind us, what are the current trends that are likely to define global financial markets moving forward? Specifically, please indicate a few major trends that you believe will characterize the global financial landscape during the next decade. Which trends that at the moment you are writing are indicated by the media as being the most important do you think are just fads and will be short lived?

2.Forum (one or two sentence to answer)

Thinking about the beginning of this course and what you have learned along the way, please address the following:

What do you think global finance is about?

From your perspective, what are the major takeaways from this course?

How do you see applying what you learned in this course in your career?

3.quiz (less than 100 words, as simple as you could)

1.Speculative bubbles greatly contribute to the uneven distribution of wealth in our society. What sort of tools can the general public rely upon to assess whether market prices are too high or too low or the business cycle is coming to an end?

2.Abrupt and substantial declines in the stock market could have huge detrimental effects on a large portion of the overall general population as well as colleges and foundations with endowments that are heavily invested in the stock market. What concrete steps could we take as a society to prevent major disastrous outcomes from drops in the market?

3.It is possible that the “precipitating factors” of the past that contributed to capital market growth have lost their propulsive thrust. As new precipitating factors and trends, such as new technology, are underway, and their coverage from the media is generally upbeat, what could go wrong? What could be a possible cause of market interruption?