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Distress Restructuring What is distress restructuring? How do we define it? When is it carried out? How?... 47   4 comments

How to restore Trust in Financial Markets? What approach or method should be used to restore the confidence in the financial markets and financial institutions? Why?... 44   4 comments

New Global Reserve Currency needed? Today's economic recession with all its social consequences was caused by financially irresponsible behavior of US regulators, banks, companies and consumers. Having said that, it is remarkable and un... 38   6 comments

List of Investment Mantras Let's collect a list of investment mantras here! If possible, let's also add the circumstances / market conditions that make them valid (or not). 1. "When confident, concentrate; when doubt... 17   5 comments

🔥	NEW Never Waste a Good Crisis as Investor "Never Waste a Good Crisis" or "Never let a good crisis go to waste" is often attributed to Winston Churchill, although if you dig a bit deeper you'll find that he actually never said it! Anyway, it i... 14   1 comments

Know your Customer (KYC) The Know Your Customer (KYC) principle - also called Customer Due Diligence or CDD - prescribes that a financial institution has to know its customer well before they are accepted as a customer. Befor... 12   6 comments

Effect of Interest Rate Raise on Economic Growth How far can a increase/decrease in interest rate contribute to the global economic growth?... 12   4 comments

Alternative Investments What are Alternative Investments? Meaning Alternative Investments is an umbrella term that refers to all asset classes other than the traditional (conventional) ones, being Stocks, Bonds, and Cash. T... 11   2 comments

The Equity Method in Accounting The Equity Method is a tool of accounting used by companies to record their equity investments in a separate company or entity which becomes their associate company or joint venture company. With the ... 11   1 comments

Minority Shares Buyback Hi, I'd like to ask about accounting for shares buyback for the following case: 10% of the shares of company A are owned by an investor. Company B buys those 10% shares from the third party inves... 11   6 comments

The Preliminary Expenses in Balance Sheet Where are the preliminary expenses situated in the balance sheet?... 8   2 comments

Foreign Investment Guarantees A foreign investment guarantee is an international investment contract defined as a (written) agreement whereby a foreign company is obligated to provide technical and/or financial assistance, with th... 7

Cryptocurrencies - Characteristics, PROs and CONs A cryptocurrency is an electronic means of payment and payment system that uses a peer-to-peer network which is fully decentralized and has no server or central authority. Characteristics o... 7   1 comments

Investing by Business Firms Many people, when they hear the term "investment", probably think of investing in financial securities. However, investing is not only limited to financial securities. It is a broad term referring to ... 4

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