risk

Facebook, a financial risk

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I'm not a player, but I like to look at the stock market. And now, Facebook decided to go public for $60...75 billion, with 337 million Class A shares ($28...35 per share).

Minsky's theory of financial crises

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Hyman MinskyHyman Minsky has proposed a simplified explanation that is most applicable to a closed economy. He theorized that financial fragility is a typical feature of any capitalist economy. High fragility leads to a higher risk of a financial crisis. To facilitate his analysis, Minsky defines three types of financing firms choose according to their tolerance of risk.

Death spiral

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Death spiral is a term used to describe an insurance plan whose costs are rapidly increasing as a result of changes in the covered population. It is the result of adverse selection in insurance policies where lower risk policy holders choose to change policies or be uninsured.

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