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Trade agreements or economic cooperation forum

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  • Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum
  • Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Political leaders

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  • India - Narendra Modi
  • Japan - Shinzo Abe
  • Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi
  • Venezuela - Nicholas Maduro
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FTC

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Federal trade commission

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Ireland

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2010 - EU and IMF bailout

2013 - IBRC and bailout exit

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Schengen Area

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Area formed by the 26 member countries of the EU

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Caliphate

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A person considered a political and religious successor to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad

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Theranos

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Blood testing - Elizabeth Homes

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Saudi Arabian Oil Company

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Aramco

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Freddie Mac

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The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

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Collapse of the Japanese real estate and equity bubble

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1989 - present

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Mexican tequila crisis

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December 1994 - 1995

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Asian crisis

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Tai baht in July 1997, 1997 - 1998

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Russian debt crisis

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Russia defaulted on its debt in August 1998

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Black Monday

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  • Monday, October 19, 1987
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fell exactly 508 points to 1,738.74 (22.61%)
  • The terms Black Monday and Black Tuesday are also respectively applied to October 28 and October 29, 1929, which occurred after Black Thursday on October 24, which started the Stock Market Crash of 1929
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Bear Sterns

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A New York-based global investment bank and securities trading and brokerage firm that failed in 2008 as part of the global financial crisis and recession and was subsequently sold to JPMorgan Chase

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Oil names

  • Brent
  • West Texas Intermediate
  • Iran Forozan
  • Venezuela basket
  • Colombia Vasconia
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  • Ecuador Oriente
  • Mexico mix
  • Indonesia Duri
  • Iraq Basra Heavy
  • Western Canada Select
  • Saudi Arab Heavy
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Citic Securities

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China’s biggest brokerage and investment bank

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TOPIX

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Tokyo Stock Price Index - tracks all domestic companies of the TSE’s First Section

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Autonomous regions of China

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  • Inner Mongolia
  • Tibet (Autonomous in 1965, annexed in 1951)
  • Xinjiang
  • Ningxia
  • Guangxi
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Pfizer & Allergan

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Nov. 23 2015

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  • Spratly Islands
  • Cuarteron Reef
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Disputed islands and reef in the South China Sea

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No-fly zone

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A no-fly zone (or no-flight zone) (NFZ) is a territory or an area over which aircraft are not permitted to fly. Such zones are usually set up in a military context, somewhat like a demilitarized zone in the sky, and usually prohibit military aircraft of a belligerent power from operating in the region

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Neoconservatism

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Neoconservatism (commonly shortened to neocon) is a political movement born in the United States during the 1960s among Democrats who became disenchanted with the party’s domestic and especially foreign policy

  • Ex. George W. Bush
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Libertarianism

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Libertarianism (latin - liber/free) is a political philosophy that upholds liberty through self-ownership and the non-aggression principle

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CIFAR

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Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

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Populist

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Populism is a doctrine that appeals to the interests and conceptions (such as hopes and fears) of the general population, especially when contrasting any new collective consciousness push against the prevailing status quo interests of any predominant political sector

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Bona fides

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In good faith

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Buttonwood

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The Buttonwood Agreement, which took place on May 17, 1792, started the New York Stock & Exchange Board now called the New York Stock Exchange. This agreement was signed by 24 stockbrokers outside of 68 Wall Street New York under a buttonwood tree. The organization drafted its constitution on March 8, 1817, and named itself the “New York Stock & Exchange Board”. In 1863, this name was shortened to its modern form, the “New York Stock Exchange”.

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HIPCS

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Highly Indebted Poor Countries

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SEC versus FINRA

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The SEC is responsible for ensuring fairness for the individual investor and Finra is responsible for overseeing virtually all U.S. stockbrokers and brokerage firms. The FINRA is overseen by the SEC

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