Retrenchment In Margin Call

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A Colossal Failure of Common Sense was one of many books to be published in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis of 2007. After seeing the global economy stall in the face of massive losses in word financial markets, many Americans sought to better understand the crisis and its causes. This book, written from the perspective of a financial market insider, provides a glimpse into the world of global finance and also seeks to explain how the players in this world were involved in the crisis. In the words of the author Lawrence McDonald, “My objective in writing A Colossal Failure of Common Sense was twofold. First, to provide … a close-up, inside view of how markets really work…..And, second, to give… as crystal clear an explanation as possible about the real reasons why the legendary Lehman Brothers met with such a swift end”1. By writing about his personal experience at Lehman Brothers and recounting stories from within the famous investment banking firm, Mr. McDonald largely succeeds at his first goal. However, the elements of personal biography and the chronological order of the book make it difficult for the reader to fully appreciate all of the varied causes of the financial crash. I believe that the main value of reading this book is in understanding these causes, with Lehman Brothers acting as a microcosm of the greater financial universe. As such, in this review I have isolated elements from Mr. McDonald’s book which highlight how the crisis

During the times leading up to the power struggle, the power dynamic within Lehman was steadily shifting as trading profits became increasingly more important to Lehman versus traditional investment banking profits. Thus, Glucksman was able to step into the spot light and Peterson became more expendable. Peter Peterson’s core

2. (Up to about 43:00 of the movie) Why did the Lehman Brothers sell not work out? Why did Paulson want Lehman Brothers to file Bankruptcy before markets opened?

The Wolf of Wall Street, directed by Martin Scorsese, takes the audience through the life of Jordan Belfort, showing the realities of crime, rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street and the effects of it. He has everything and he knows it too. He didn’t have to convince the average person that they wanted to be rich. Belfort didn’t start out this way, he was just like the average person, barely making enough money to satisfy himself. He was always money hungry so he went to Wall Street, the financial capital of the world, to become a Wall Street stockbroker. Unfortunately, after Black Monday in 1987, he was fired from his job and forced to go to another brokerage firm on Long Island that focused primarily on penny stocks. After his huge

The financial crisis of 2008 was an enormous catastrophe and therefore a perfect story to be adapted to film. Retelling the story of the collapse of Wall Street had a further result than merely being lucrative though. Movies like Inside Job (2010), Too Big to Fail (2011) and The Big Short (2015) also inform people about the causes and dealings of the financial collapse. Most importantly however, they evoke an emotional response by telling the audience where to lay the blame. However, the movies not only helped shape the public narrative, they are also reflections of the people's attitudes towards Wall Street. While the movie's narrative stands in contrast to the narratives that advertising, journalism and public relations told, it is still the more commonly accepted one.

Michael Lewis puts together one of the best analysis of the transgressions and missed signals that occurred in the most recent financial crisis in his book The Big Short. The Big Short tells the story of a handful of investors that foresaw and used the 2008 financial crisis to make fortunes off of its collapse. Throughout the book, time goes back and forth as Lewis changes between the main characters and their experiences within the financial crisis.

The documentary “The Smartest Guys in the Room”, was a story that followed the company ERON and how they went from having major success to filing for bankruptcy. The film followed Ken Lay, Jeff Skilling, Lou Pai, and Andy Fastow who all worked for ERON and all had “big ideas” for the company. These all had everyone thinking they were all “the smartest guys in the room”, and really cared about the company but in reality they were all stealing money from ERON. They were all stealing money while Andy Fastow job was to cover up the fact that the company was 30 billion dollars in debt and to make it look like it was money actually coming in instead of out. Soon it all caught up to them, an account soon realized that ERON numbers did not add up and

Ensures that a company is able to make payments ot debtors and helps in the

Lehman Brothers was a major player in the mortgage market and a top player in underwriting securities backed by mortgages made to homebuyers with weak, or subprime, credit histories. (Investopedia.com)

During the recent financial crisis, in the autumn of 2008, the Lehman Brothers bank collapsed. It was the biggest bankruptcy in history

The Big Short also reveals the greed and deceit of Wall Street businesses such as Lehman Brothers. They did not fully understand the threats of handing out unstable loans, and economic incentives drove them to skip standard risk checks. Simple techniques can help manage and eliminate threats within a business and can assess the internal and external factors creating a sustainable niche in your market. The film demonstrates the ups and down of business and shows that if you aren’t prepared for the risks and threats (and don’t address them properly), your business could be in

On September 10, 2008, Lehman Brothers announced the lowest decline as the shares dropped to 45%. It left the market value at $5.4 billion after the Korea Development Bank rejected to make an investment deal that could rescue Lehman. The company would seek capital from other investors in order to recover their financial situation. These efforts faltered and the situation grew more severe, even after the US government had already saved the Bear Stearns and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Though it is less likely that the US government will keep Lehman's bailout, there should be a resolution from the Federal Reserve System to bolster Lehman’s finance so as to prevent the US economic declination.

In 1994, Richard S. Fuld took control of Lehman Brothers as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Under Fuld’s aggressive leadership, the company flourished and became one of the largest investment banks in the United States. （Crossley-Holland 2009) reported that in 1994, each Lehman Brothers stock was averaging at $4 and by 2007 it catapulted to $82 creating a 20 fold increase. From 1994, Lehman Brothers gradually adopted an aggressive growth business strategy by expanding into highly complex and risky products such as Credit Default Swaps (CDS) and Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS). By 2007, Lehman Brothers was the biggest underwriter of mortgage-backed securities of the U.S. real estate market.

This movie explains how crisis in 2008 happened in a financial institution in New York. The company exists since 137 years with John Tuld as the Chief Executive Officer. The leader of trading operation is Sam Rogers. He is in the company since 34 years.