General Knowledge Flashcards
Trade agreements or economic cooperation forum
- Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum
- Trans-Pacific Partnership
Political leaders
- India - Narendra Modi
- Japan - Shinzo Abe
- Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi
- Venezuela - Nicholas Maduro
FTC
Federal trade commission
Ireland
2010 - EU and IMF bailout
2013 - IBRC and bailout exit
Schengen Area
Area formed by the 26 member countries of the EU
Caliphate
A person considered a political and religious successor to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad
Theranos
Blood testing - Elizabeth Homes
Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Aramco
Freddie Mac
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Collapse of the Japanese real estate and equity bubble
1989 - present
Mexican tequila crisis
December 1994 - 1995
Asian crisis
Tai baht in July 1997, 1997 - 1998
Russian debt crisis
Russia defaulted on its debt in August 1998
Black Monday
- 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
Bear Sterns
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
Oil names
- Brent
- West Texas Intermediate
- Iran Forozan
- Venezuela basket
- Colombia Vasconia
- Ecuador Oriente
- Mexico mix
- Indonesia Duri
- Iraq Basra Heavy
- Western Canada Select
- Saudi Arab Heavy
Citic Securities
China’s biggest brokerage and investment bank
TOPIX
Tokyo Stock Price Index - tracks all domestic companies of the TSE’s First Section
Autonomous regions of China
- Inner Mongolia
- Tibet (Autonomous in 1965, annexed in 1951)
- Xinjiang
- Ningxia
- Guangxi
Pfizer & Allergan
Nov. 23 2015
- Spratly Islands
- Cuarteron Reef
Disputed islands and reef in the South China Sea
No-fly zone
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
Neoconservatism
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
Libertarianism
Libertarianism (latin - liber/free) is a political philosophy that upholds liberty through self-ownership and the non-aggression principle
CIFAR
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Populist
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
Bona fides
In good faith
Buttonwood
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”.
HIPCS
Highly Indebted Poor Countries
SEC versus FINRA
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
