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Did Goldman Sell Clients an Investment Designed to Lose Money?

Goldman Sachs employee and co-defendant, Fabrice Tourre, continues to deny all allegations of wrongdoing made by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the sale of the infamous Abacus CDO. read more...

Understanding Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs)

Blamed in part for the subprime mortgage crisis, CDOs are a type of structured security whose value and payments are derived from a portfolio of fixed-income underlying assets. The featured video simply explains how CDOs work and how they contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis. read more...

Accounting Statement 159

With many of the biggest banks expected to report second quarter earnings over the next two weeks, a significant portion of reported income may be the result of an accounting rule entitled “Statement 159”. read more...

Resume Doctor Blog: Post #3

Thank you to all of you who submitted your resume for review. In our third edition, we have featured a student with investment banking summer experience. read more...

Resume Doctor Blog: Post #2

Thank you to all of you who submitted your resume for review. We read them all and will feature some of them in future posts. In our second edition, we have featured our first resume submitted along with some feedback that we all can learn from. read more...

Understanding Credit Default Swaps (CDS)

Credit default swaps played significant roles in the collapses of Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and AIG. This video explains - pretty simply - how credit default swaps work and the role that CDS contracts played in the financial crisis. read more...

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