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housing
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NEWS
BRIEFS
6
INVESTMENT
BANKING
8
An
overview
of
the
investment
banking.
SCHOOL
PROFILE
Featuring
USC
Marshall
School
of
Business.
CAREER
TIPS
14
16
INSIDE
Teaching
the
basics.
THE
FINANCIAL
CRISIS
19
INTERVIEW
18
Read
the
general
overview
on
the
financial
crisis,
it’s
global
impact,
and
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may
affect
you,
the
The
highly
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NEWS
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WEEK
Obama
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Yet
Another
Housing
Bailout
BY
SUNNY
WONG
The
Obama
administraUon
SENIOR
STAFF
WRITER
recently
announced
a
new
housing
bailout
program
to
bolster
the
ailing
!
housing
market.
Although
there
have
been
slight
improvements,
foreclosure
rates
are
s?ll
increasing
and
overall
housing
prices
are
approximately
30
percent
lower
than
in
2007.
Their
plan
aims
to
assist
local
and
state
housing
agencies
to
provide
cheaper
mortgages
t o
fi r s t ‐ ? m e
o r
l o w ‐ i n c o m e
homebuyers.
The
administra?on
hopes
that
this
program
will
help
lower
income
families
purchase
homes
in
the
midst
of
this
tough
economic
storm.
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NEWS
BRIEFS BY
AMORETTE
JENG
Six
Face
Charges
on
Insider
Trading
Billionaire
Raj
Rajaratnam,
founder
of
the
Galleon
Group,
and
five
others,
including
execu?ves
from
Intel
and
McKinsey
&
Co.,
were
arrested
for
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connec?ons
to
what
U.S.
A2orney
Preet
Bharara
stated
is
the
largest
hedge
fund
insider
trading
ever.
They
were
charged
for
pocke?ng
over
20
million
dollars
in
illegal
profits
by
obtaining
informa?on
about
businesses
like
Google
Inc.
and
Hilton
Hotels.
The
illegal
ac?vi?es
were
supposedly
conducted
during
July
of
2007
and
were
discovered
through
first
?me
ever
court‐authorized
wiretaps.
Asian
Countries
Dominate
Broadband
Services
A
recent
study
of
broadband
services
by
University
of
Oxford,
England
and
University
of
Oviedo,
Spain
and
supported
by
Cisco
evaluated
Dow
Hits
10000 risen
50
percent.
Despite
this
posi?ve
turn
of
events,
the
ques?on
remains
as
66
countries
and
240
ci?es
to
find
that
to
how
long
this
rise
will
last.
Based
South
Korea
has
come
out
on
top,
Last
week,
Dow
Jones
Industrial
strictly
on
stocks,
it
appears
that
the
bea?ng
out
Japan,
the
previous
leader,
Advantage
reached
above
10,000
for
economy
may
be
slowly
recovering.
as
the
main
broadband
service
na?on.
the
first
?me
this
year.
This
came
as
a
However,
others
argue
that
this
rise
will
South
Korea,
with
a
total
of
97%
wired
shock
to
investors
in
the
midst
of
a
be
brief
with
some
profits
based
on
households,
has
had
a
massive
deep
recession.
Since
March,
Dow
has
cuung
costs,
not
increasing
earnings.
It
improvement
in
the
quality
and
speed
c a n
a l s o
b e
n o t e d
t h a t
t h e
of
internet
services.
Following
Japan
in
unemployment
rate
is
s?ll
at
record
third
place
is
Hong
Kong
and
then
highs,
which
goes
against
indicators
of
S w e d e n ,
S w i t ze r l a n d ,
a n d
t h e
economic
improvement.
Netherlands.
The
United
States
has
not
made
it
into
the
top
10
and
is
included
in
the
second‐highest
category
which
is
To
read
past
News
Briefs,
check
out
defined
as
having
a
“comfortable”
BruinBusinessReview.com
average
internet
connec?on.
This
was
an
improvement
compared
to
the
previous
year
in
which
the
survey
stated
that
the
United
States
had
services
that
were
barely
sufficient.
BRUIN
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7
A
GENERAL
OVERVIEW
OF
INVESTMENT
BANKING BY
ERIKA
K.
SOLANKI
Investment
banking
is
one
of
the
most
a2rac?ve
and
yet
elusive
career
op?ons
for
students
interested
in
business‐related
professions.
Investment
bankers
are
known
to
be
highly
Research
compensated
and
to
work
long
hours,
but
how
do
bankers
rake
in
so
much
capital
and
what
do
they
Sales
&
Trading
do
during
those
long
hours?
Many
of
us
have
heard
Equity,
Fixed
about
dabagirls.com,
Da?ng
a
Banker
Anonymous,
a
Web
site
dedicated
to
consoling
the
significant
Corporate
Financing
others
of
investment
bankers
who
have
been
M&A,
Capital
Raising,
affected
by
the
economic
recession.
Many
of
us
Underwri?ng
have
also
seen
the
Carlos
Solis
character
on
the
television
show
Desperate
Housewives
woo
his
wife
!
with
expensive
getaways
on
private
jets
and
$300
Generally,
an
investment
bank’s
research
department
perfumes,
which
he
funds
with
his
job
in
banking.
However,
thoroughly
researches
specific
companies,
industries,
and
the
while
investment
banking
may
seem
to
be
one
of
the
most
economy
and
then
makes
recommenda?ons
about
the
buying
lucra?ve
business‐related
career
op?ons,
many
students
who
and
selling
of
various
financial
products.
The
sales
and
trading
are
considering
pursuing
internships
and
careers
in
investment
department,
as
the
name
implies,
includes
sales
people
and
banking
internships
do
not
have
comprehensive
industry
traders
who
deal
with
the
selling
and
buying
of
equity
(stocks)
knowledge,
and
without
that
knowledge
they
can’t
be
like
and
fixed
income
(bonds).
Sales
and
trading
services
are
Carlos
Solis.
Candidates
must
have
a
thorough
and
generally
for
ins?tu?onal
or
investors
with
a
high
net
worth.
comprehensive
understanding
of
the
investment
banking
The
corporate
finance
department
is
also
known
as
the
industry
to
impress
employers
during
interviews. investment
banking
division,
which
is
further
divided
into
product
groups
and
industry
groups.
The
product
group
“Investment
bankers
are
known
includes
mergers
and
acquisi?ons,
financial
sponsors,
and
to
be
highly
compensated
and
to
leveraged
finance.
The
coverage
group
serves
clients
from
Almost all investment banks share the same hierarchical structure.
!
Analyst Associate Vice President Managing Director
MERGERS
&
ACQUISITIONS
PRODUCT FINANCIAL
SPONSORS
LEVERAGED
FINANCE
GROUP
SERVES CLIENTS THAT ARE IN
DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES INCLUDING COVERAGE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,
HEALTHCARE, AND TECHNOLOGY, GROUP
AMONG MANY OTHERS.
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INDUSTRY
OVERVIEW: By:
Eric
Park
CONSULTING Staff Writer
Like
many
other
professions
consul?ng
firms
use
tradi?onal
behavioral
interview
ques?ons
to
gauge
a
candidates’
personality.
A
common
interview
type
is
a
case
study.
An
interviewer
will
give
the
interviewee
a
business
problem
to
solve
heavily
using
a
candidate’s
skills
in
analysis.
These
types
of
problems
include
but
are
not
limited
to
analysis
of
declining
company
performance
in
aspects
including
profits
and
produc?on
and
crea?ng
solu?ons
to
keep
a
business
successful
with
increased
market
compe??on.
For
poten?al
candidates
to
have
success
in
case
interviews,
individuals
should
analyze
and
prac?ce
case
interviews.
Many
companies
have
sample
case
studies
available
on
their
website
as
well
as
prac?ce
workshops
for
those
interested.
There
are
also
case
study
guides
and
online
resources
from
companies
such
as
Vault
and
WetFeet.
Vault
ConsulUng
Guide
Rankings
OVERALL
BEST
TO
WORK
FOR
1. McKinsey & Company 1. Bain & Company
2. The Boston Consul?ng Group, Inc. 2. Trinity Partners LLC
3. Bain & Company 3. Gallup Consul?ng
4. Booz & Company 4. Triage Consul?ng Group
5. Deloi2e Consul?ng LLP 5. Health Advances LLC
6. Monitor Group 6. Cornerstone Research
7.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
7.
OC&C
Strategy
Consultants
(Consul?ng
Prac?ce)
8.
Strategic
Decisions
Group
8.
Mercer
LLC
9.
The
Boston
Consul?ng
Group,
9.
Ernst
&
Young
LLP
(Consul?ng
Inc.
Prac?ce)
10.
Milliman
Inc.
10.
Oliver
Wyman
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AN INTRODUCTION TO
ACCOUNTING
By
David
Vayzner
IS
ACCOUNTING
RIGHT
“In
the
wake
of
West
LA
community.
It
also
provides
interac?on
with
major
accoun?ng
FOR
ME? firms.
Volunteering
in
their
program
recent
financial
Accoun?ng
is
a
challenging
profession
will
provide
you
with
a
prac?cal
knowledge
of
accoun?ng
procedures
scandals,
which
requires
unique
skills
and
a2ributes.
A
person
who
is
interested
and
help
you
determine
whether
accoun?ng
is
the
right
profession
for
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Pathway
1 Pathway
2
For
those
who
want
to
pracUce
in
California
For
those
who
want
to
pracUce
in
other
states
as
well.
• 36
quarter
units
of
accoun?ng
related
subjects • 36
quarter
units
of
accoun?ng
related
subjects
• 36
quarter
units
of
Business
related
subjects • 36
quarter
units
of
business
related
subjects
• 2
years
of
work
experience • 1
year
of
work
experience
• passing
all
four
parts
of
the
CPA
exam • 225
quarter
units
in
general
• Passing
an
ethics
course. • passing
all
four
parts
of
the
CPA
exam
• passing
an
ethics
course
AccounUng firms look for the following skills and agributes:
•
AnalyUcal
ability
•
Ability
to
work
independently
•
Leadership
skills
•
Team
skills
•
Wrigen
and
oral
communicaUon
•
MulUtasking
ability
skills
•
High
ethical
standards
•
AgenUon
to
detail
•
Computer
literacy
AccounJng
Careers
Accoun?ng
can
be
sub‐categorized
into
three
different
parts.
Not
all
accountants
do
the
same
job
and
it
is
advantageous
to
know
the
three
different
types
of
accoun?ng
careers
before
you
decide
to
pursue
a
career
path
in
accoun?ng.
Below
is
a
quick
summary
of
the
different
accoun?ng
careers.
Audit/Internal
Tax
Advisory
If
you
are
in
the
audi?ng
Here
you
help
businesses
and
Advisory
Accountants
assist
profession,
you
analyze
the
individuals
with
their
tax
forms
companies
in
assets
evalua?ons
fi n a n c i a l
s t a t e m e n t s
o f
a n d
p r o v i d e
t h e m
t a x
and
help
facilitate
mergers
companies
and
determine
their
consulta?on
advice.
You
can
between
companies
as
mergers
fairness
and
reliability
and
also
advise
companies
of
the
can
become
very
technical
whether
they
are
an
accurate
tax
implica?ons
of
certain
o r d e a l s .
T h e y
a l s o
h e l p
representa?on
of
a
firm’s
ac?ons
and
specialize
in
tax
companies
with
budge?ng,
and
financial
health.
A
major
part
of
policy
of
state
and
local
keeping
track
of
their
finances.
audi?ng
is
making
sure
that
governments.
People
in
the
tax
Other
services
may
include
risk
companies
establish
strong
business
can
also
specialize
in
a s s e s s m e n t s
a n d
f r a u d
internal
control
systems
to
interna?onal
tax. inves?ga?ons.
protect
themselves
against
fraudulent
records.
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R
!
By
Chris?ne
Liu
Staff
Writer
anked
the
top
20
school
by
BusinessWeek
!
“Students explore business
and
U.S.
News
&
World
Report,
the
Execu?ve
MBA
problems through a
USC
Marshall
School
of
Business
in
multidisciplinary approach
Like
the
MBA
P.M.
program,
the
Los
Angeles
is
a
private
research
that teaches interpersonal Execu?ve
MBA
is
designed
for
those
and
academic
ins?tu?on
ranked
skills/teamwork, leadership who
wish
to
remain
fully
employed
highly
for
its
accoun?ng,finance,
and entrepreneurial talents, while
pursuing
an
MBA
degree.
entrepreneurship
and
interna?onal
global awareness and However,
this
program
is
for
senior
business
studies
programs.
The
technological knowledge.” managers
and
seasoned
professionals.
Marshall
curriculum
emphasizes
Students
can
a2end
classes
in
either
interac?ve
learning,
being
the
first
MBA
for
Professionals
and
Managers Los
Angeles
or
San
Diego
on
Fridays
school
with
interna?onal
travel
and
and
Saturdays
from
8:45
am
to
4:30
study
projects
as
requirements
for
The
Marshall
MBA
Program
for
pm.
The
curriculum
is
focused
on
every
MBA
degree.
Various
MBAs
Professionals
and
Managers
is
offered
actual
business
world
situa?ons
that
and
specialized
degrees
offered
in
the
evening
for
students
who
would
senior
managers
oren
encounter.
include: like
to
be
fully
employed
while
pursuing
an
MBA
degree.
It
is
a
33
IBEAR
MBA
Program
month
program,
in
which
the
1st
year
The
IBEAR
MBA
program
is
an
Marshall
MBA consists
of
core
classes.
Arer
a c c e l e r a t e d
g l o b a l
M B A
f o r
comple?on
of
the
1st
year,
the
student
experienced
professionals.
This
unique
A
two
year,
full
?me
program,
the
can
set
the
pace
for
the
rest
of
the
program
is
one
year
intensive
at
USC,
Marshall
MBA
program
operates
with
a
program
(as
long
as
it
is
within
five
with
a
class
size
of
only
55
students.
low
student
to
faculty
ra?o
and
small
years
total).
The
evening
class
meet
From
August
to
December,
students
class
sizes.
Students
explore
business
twice
a
week
from
6
pm
to
9:40
pm.
If
complete
the
MBA
fundamentals,
and
problems
through
a
mul?disciplinary
the
commute
to
L.A.
is
inconvenient,
from
January
to
July,
teams
of
4‐5
approach
that
teaches
interpersonal
the
first
year
of
core
classes
can
also
be
students
par?cipate
in
a
five‐month
skills/teamwork,
leadership
and
completed
at
the
new
Orange
County
long
interna?onal
consul?ng
project
entrepreneurial
ta l ents ,
global
Center
in
Irvine.
for
a
U.S.
or
foreign
corporate
client.
a w a r e n e s s
a n d
t e c h n o l o g i c a l
This
program
stresses
business
knowledge.
Since
Marshall
is
located
rela?onships
between
North
America,
close
to
major
business
and
financial
centers
in
L.A.,
the
school
offers
a
Asia
and
La?n
America.
strong
alumni
network
that
opens
a d d i ? o n a l
o p p o r t u n i ? e s
a n d
experience. BRUIN
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!
Master
of
Accoun?ng
MBA
Admissions
Profile
A
full‐?me,
one‐year
program,
the
Leventhal
Master
of
Accoun?ng
is
ranked
as
2009 2010 2011
on
of
the
top
graduate
accoun?ng
programs
Applicant
Pool
in
the
na?on.
To
prepare
for;
careers
in
public
Applications
Received 1651 2076 2224
accoun?ng,
financial
services
and
investment
%
Accepted 29% 23% 22%
banking,
government
and
non‐profit,
and
corporate
finance,
the
program
uses
case
Class
Size 219 222
study
methods
and
teamwork
in
all
courses.
Academic
Profile
Master
of
Business
Taxa?on
Average
GPA 3.3 3.3 3.3
The
Master
of
Business
Taxa?on,
offered
Median
GMAT 690 700 690
both
full‐?me
and
part‐?me,
is
aimed
to
GMAT
80%
Range 640‐730 640‐740 640‐740
develop
skills/exper?se
professionals
need
while
working
with
individuals
and
firms
with
tax
legisla?on
and
regula?on
at
all
General
government
levels.
Taxa?on
includes
law,
Average
Age 28 28 28
economics,
accoun?ng
and
poli?cs,
and
thus
requires
the
tax
advisor
to
understand
all
Average
Years
Week
5 5 5
Expectancy
aspects
of
tax
law
and
its
administra?on.
Married
Students 16% 14% 13%
Master
of
Medical
Management
This
degree
provides
physicians
with
the
Undergrad
Majors
formal
business
educa?on
needed
to
help
Humanities
and
27% 25% 27%
them
realize
their
professional
goals.
It
is
Sociology
modeled
arer
the
Execu?ve
MBA
program
Science
and
allows
physicians
to
earn
a
degree
in
only
one
year,
without
interrup?ng
their
careers.
Science
&
Engineering 26% 27% 21%
Business 23% 26% 30%
informa?on
about
the
USC
Marshall
School
of
Economics 19% 14% 15%
Business
programs,
visit:
Computer
Science 5% 8% 7%
www.marshall.usc.edu
Admissions
Each
program
has
its
own
admission
requirements.
To
find
applica?on
material
and
for
more
informa?on
about
the
USC
Marshall
School
of
Business
programs,
visit:
www.marshall.usc.edu
BRUIN
BUSINESS
REVIEW
15
CAREER
TIPS
enough
to
get
a
job.
The
job
market
is
becoming
more
and
more
compe??ve.
THE
BASICS
Even
without
this
financial
crisis,
being
in
college
and
receiving
your
degree
is
not
BY
LONA
ZHAO
Regardless,
a
job
will
never
fall
into
your
lap‐‐
whether
it
is
a
part‐?me
job
or
a
career,
you
need
to
be
aggressive
and
prepared
in
your
job
search.
But
STAFF
WRITER
don’t
fear;
we
!
FINDING
A
JOB:
Even
if
you
are
not
currently
looking
for
a
job,
it
is
essen?al
to
keep
connec?ons
with
all
professionals
you
have
met
so
far.
For
instance,
if
you
have
done
volunteer
work
in
the
past,
think
about
networking
with
the
volunteer
coordinator.
You
never
know
who
will
be
looking
for
an
employee
in
the
future.
If
you
are
ac?vely
looking
for
a
job,
a
very
helpful
resource
these
days
are
online
job
search
engines
such
as
Monster
and
Career
Builder.
An
invaluable
resource
for
UCLA
students
is
BruinView.
Where
employers
post
job
lis?ng
specifically
for
Bruins.
When
looking
for
a
job
online
you
will
want
to
prepare
a
longer,
more
detailed
resume
so
that
you
can
more
easily
differen?ate
yourself
from
other
poten?al
candidates.
“...you
definitely
want
to
exhaust
your
every
resource.” their
resumes
for
every
job
they
apply.
This
is
a
good
idea
because
you
may
apply
for
several
different
jobs
at
the
same
?me.
If
you
use
just
one
resume,
you
have
to
keep
your
WRITING
YOUR
FIRST
RESUME: resume
general
so
as
to
not
limit
yourself,
but
this
can
also
be
A
resume
is
a
concise
document
showing
employers
what
you
boring
for
the
employer
to
read
and
your
resume
may
fade
are
capable
of
and
how
you
will
be
valuable
to
their
company.
into
the
background.
Customizing
your
resume
for
each
job
It
is
the
first
step
to
geung
your
foot
in
the
door.
Try
to
think
will
show
your
employer
how
you
might
be
perfect
for
their
of
a
resume
as
you
would
an
interview
and
make
a
conscious
company.
effort
to
use
your
resume
to
dis?nguish
yourself
from
other
applicants.
This
will
get
you
closer
to
geung
your
new
job. Star?ng
with
a
blank
slate
might
be
in?mida?ng,
but
remember,
you
do
not
have
to
be
previously
employed
to
When
wri?ng
your
first
resume,
the
best
resource
is
people
write
a
resume.
Instead
you
can
list
your
volunteer
experiences
who
have
already
wri2en
one.
A
great
place
to
start
is
to
and
ac?vi?es
you
have
par?cipated
in.
You
may
also
want
to
search
for
free
resume
templates
online.
This
will
help
you
find
list
special
skills
and
talents
you
have
acquired
that
may
make
the
perfect
format
for
your
resume.
There
are
sites
that
you
valuable
in
the
posi?on
you’re
trying
to
fill.
The
important
provide
career‐specific
resumes
to
cater
to
an
industry
you
are
thing
here
is
not
to
lie
on
your
resume,
if
you
are
caught
you
applying
into.
Similarly,
many
people
also
choose
to
customize
will
only
end
up
losing
credibility
with
future
employers.
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BUSINESS
REVIEW
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Now
that
you
have
finished
wri?ng
your
first
resume
you
must
robo?c
and
rehearsed.
Instead,
make
a
list
of
points
that
you
proofread.
Check
your
header
and
make
sure
that
all
your
want
to
contact
informa?on
is
correct
and
you
have
not
misspelled
cover
when
answering
different
ques?ons.
Keep
in
mind
that
anything.
Have
someone
else
read
your
resume
and
ask
if
your
when
you
answer
these
ques?ons
you
want
the
employer
to
objec?ves
are
clear.
Finally,
print
your
resume
on
clean
white
know
why
they
should
hire
you
over
other
applicants.
paper
with
plain
black
ink.
Have
a
list
of
references
and
an
extra
copy
of
your
resume
“…if
you
are
caught
lying
printed
out
for
the
interview
in
case
the
interviewer
will
not
have
it
in
front
of
them.
(Remember,
you
do
not
need
a
on
your
resume
you
will
previous
job
for
references,
pick
a
few
important
people
from
only
end
up
losing
your
past
ac?vi?es
or
even
a
neighbor—anyone
that
can
vouch
for
you).
credibility
with
future
employers.” Dress
appropriately
for
your
interview.
Wear
clean
ironed
clothes
and
clean
close‐toed
shoes.
You
should
be
well
groomed,
and
try
not
to
overwhelm
the
interviewer
with
your
cologne
or
perfume.
When
in
doubt
about
what
to
wear,
think
ACING
YOUR
FIRST
INTERVIEW: more
conserva?vely.
This
means
try
to
conceal
any
ta2oos
or
First
and
foremost,
it
is
beneficial
to
research
the
company
you
body
piercings.
Looking
well
rested
and
relaxed
for
your
are
applying
to
work
for.
Many
employers
have
a
lot
of
pride
interview
is
essen?al.
for
their
company
and
may
look
for
employees
who
are
as
enthusias?c
as
they
are.
Doing
your
homework
also
makes
you
Try
to
be
early
for
your
interview—we
are
not
saying
one
or
more
prepared
for
the
interview.
You
can
then
cater
your
two
hours
early,
but
at
least
15
minutes
so
that
you
can
find
answers
toward
why
their
company
needs
you
on
their
staff.
where
you’re
supposed
to
be.
This
is
also
a
good
?me
to
use
You
will
also
find
that
employers
will
ask
if
you
have
any
the
restroom
beforehand
so
that
you
do
not
stress
yourself
out
during
the
interview.
A
lot
of
employers
will
ask
when
you
are
available
to
work
arer
the
interview.
Do
not
hesitate
to
men?on
if
you
have
an
obliga?on
that
might
hold
you
back.
Once
again,
you
want
to
be
honest.
If
and
when
you
get
hired
for
the
posi?on,
you
don
not
want
to
spring
your
schedule
on
them.
ques?ons
for
them,
having
ques?ons
prepared
will
help
you
convey
your
interest
in
their
company. At
the
end
of
the
interview
remember
to
thank
the
interviewer
and
anyone
else
who
has
helped
you
(i.e.
the
recep?onist,
any
Prepare
your
answers
beforehand
by
searching
common
job
associates,
secretary,
etc.).
You
may
also
want
to
ask
what
the
interview
ques?ons
and
prac?cing
them
either
with
a
friend
or
selec?on
process
is
like
and
how
long
it
might
be
for
you
to
in
front
of
a
mirror.
You
will
want
your
answers
to
be
clear
and
find
out
if
you
got
the
job.
Really
try
to
leave
the
interviewer
you
want
ensure
you
are
answering
the
ques?on
that
is
being
with
a
las?ng
impression,
even
if
you
do
not
get
the
job
this
asked
and
not
fall
off
topic.
This
does
not
mean
that
you
?me,
they
might
remember
you
for
another
posi?on
later.
should
memorize
your
answers;
you
do
not
want
to
sound
Q
3:
Why
did
you
choose
to
Q
6:
What
do
you
do
with
your
become
a
professor? Ume
away
from
UCLA?
EM:
I
must
admit
I
did
not
originally
EM:
When
I
have
the
?me‐
and
that
is
plan
to
go
into
teaching.
I
went not
very
oren‐
I
like
to
travel.
I
am
also
into
the
field
of
economics
because
I
a
huge
sports
fan,
especially
college
found
it
fascina?ng.
My
ini?al
plan
football.
as
an
undergraduate
was
to
go
into
the
Q
7:
Have
you
been
keeping
up
business
field,
but
arer
a
few
econ
classes,
I
was
hooked.
So
when
I
get
to
teach
something
that
I
find
with
UCLA
football
games
as
well?
enormously
enjoyable,
that
makes
teaching
very
EM:
Oh,
of
course,
I
watch
every
single
easy
and
very
sa?sfying.
game,
even
if
we
are
at
a
sour
point.
Q
1:
To
start
off,
what
do
you
it
is
s?ll
in
academia,
but
I
think
I
would
also
have
enjoyed
history
as
a
EM:
At
least
for
the
U.S.
economy,
as
the
Fed
has
recently
said,
there
are
enjoy
most
about
teaching? profession.
I
have
always
been
very
definitely
signs
that
it
is
stabilizing.
Of
fond
of
history
and,
in
fact,
one
of
my
course,
most
specialists
in
this
field
EM:
I
very
much
enjoy
the
interac?on
favorite
fields
as
a
graduate
student
predict
a
very
slow
recovery,
so
we
will
with
students,
especially
during
office
was
economic
history.
But
I
enjoy
other
probably
have
the
high
unemployment
hours.
It
is
a
challenge
to
teach
branches
of
history
just
as
much.
rates
for
a
few
years.
economics
and
I
enjoy
that
challenge.
Q
5:
A
lot
of
students
consider
Q
9:
Last
quesUon:
Many
Q
2:
What
would
be
your
you
to
be
one
of
the
hardest
believe
that
the
financial
crisis
has
biggest
frustraUon
about
teaching? Economics
professors.
Do
you
have
made
economics
more
relevant
any
advice
for
students
that
find
and
immediate
to
college
students.
EM:
That
would
have
to
be
the
large
your
classes
difficult? Looking
at
your
classes,
how
class
sizes.
The
large
class
sizes
make
it
accurate
do
you
think
this
very
difficult
to
interact
with
only
but
a
EM:
Work.
Work.
Work.
Ask
ques?ons.
statement
is?
handful
of
students.
Otherwise,
I
don’t
Economics
is
[a]
difficult
subject,
so
a
have
many
complaints.
The
students
at
student
needs
a
lot
of
perseverance
to
EM:
We
would
like
to
think
that
UCLA
are
by
and
large
very
hard‐ succeed
in
this
field.
There
is
economics
is
always
very
relevant.
Has
working
and
intelligent.
That
is
one
of
unfortunately
no
special
“trick”
to
it
become
more
relevant
to
college
the
things
that
make
teaching
here
so
doing
well
in
economics
or
almost
any
students?
I
would
say
that
it
has:
enjoyable. other
rigorous
field
of
study.
It
helps
if
Especially
those
about
to
graduate
and
you
enjoy
the
subject
ma2er. enter
the
job
market.
Recent
events
have
piqued
many
students’
interest
in
business
fluctua?ons
and
the
sources
of
such
fluctua?ons.
BRUIN BUSINESS REVIEW 18
THE
FINANCIAL
CRISIS
The
Global
Impact
of
the
Financial
Crisis
20
How
the
Financial
Crisis
Can
Affect
You
22
(The
Student)
The Financial Crisis: An Overview 23
I
t
has
been
a
ligle
over
a
year
now
since
the
collapse
of
the
Wall
Street
giant
Lehman
Brothers
and
the
naUonwide
realizaUon
that
the
financial
sector
would
be
in
for
a
stomach‐churning
ride.
Aper
the
investment
bank
filed
Chapter
11
bankruptcy
protecUon
on
September
15,
2008,
markets
experienced
unprecedented
drops
that
caused
people
around
the
naUon
to
cringe
as
their
401k’s
disappeared
before
their
eyes.
Beginning
October
6,
in
what
became
known
as
“Black
Week,”
the
Dow
Jones
industrial
average
fell
1,874
points
or
18%.
This
became
the
index’s
worst
weekly
decline
on
both
a
point
and
percentage
basis
ever.
With
Americans
being
worried
about;
paying
their
mortgage,
finding
another
job
aper
being
laid
off,
or
the
possibility
of
reUrement,
it
is
easy
to
understand
why
people
have
been
more
concerned
with
their
own
well
being
instead
of
the
global
ramificaUons
of
the
financial
meltdown.
The
original
panic
is
over
now
and
it
is
important
that
we
look
with
a
broad
view
at
how
naUons
other
than
the
United
States
have
been
affected
by
this
turmoil.
In
this
arUcle
it
would
be
impossible
to
cover
all
areas
of
the
world
and
how
they
have
been
affected.
Instead
the
focus
will
be
on
two
relevant
topics:
China’s
role
in
the
recovering
global
economy
and
the
restructuring
of
global
finance
that
will
help
heal
the
for
China’s
manufacturing
industry
home
price
is
nine
Umes
home
sales
would
lead
anyone
to
that
of
the
household
believe
that
this
is
the
beginning
of
a
which
thrives
on
constant
worldwide
income.” bubble
that
will
undoubtedly
lead
to
a
exports.
China
managed
to
pull
catastrophic
burst.
through
the
brief
lull
in
trade.
Before
China’s
recent
growth
is
something
that
another
Wall
Street
giant
could
fall,
should
be
paid
close
a2en?on
to.
Arer
China’s
produc?on
was
back
up
and
the
deployment
of
the
s?mulus,
there
running.
However,
produc?on
is
s?ll
has
been
a
rapid
jump
in
share
and
T
STAFF WRITER
he
Great
Credit
Crisis
has
scarred
the
lives
of
many With
all
the
extra
money,
banks
were
willing
to
finance
Americans.
They
are
hurUng
since
they
have
joined mortgages
with
much
lower
interest
rates,
making
it
easier
for
the
increasing
number
of
unemployed
people
or Americans
buy
homes.
Hence,
the
American
dream
had
just
have
witnessed
value
of
their
stock
porsolios become
a
whole
lot
cheaper
to
a2ain.
slashed
in
half
It
has
been
more
than
a
year
since
the
crisis
brought
the
financial
Utan
Lehman
Brothers
to
its
knees,
People
who
normally
could
only
afford
to
rent
took
advantage
prompUng
the
government
to
issue
an
unprecedented
mulU‐ of
low
interest
rates
to
buy
homes.
The
growth
in
demand
trillion–dollar
bailout.
Yet
even
in
hindsight,
many
people
do
caused
house
prices
to
skyrocket,
and
some
homeowners
took
not
understand
the
economic
crisis’
root.
advantage
of
the
market
by
refinancing
their
homes
at
a
higher
Does
the
fault
lie
with
former
president
Bush?
Former
price.
Many
Americans
could
now
make
a
living
buying
and
Federal
Reserve
chairman
Alan
Greenspan?
Or
Wall
Street
selling
houses
for
profit,
also
known
as
“flipping.”
CEOs?
Should
the
blame
fall
on
investors,
mortgage
companies,
or
even
the
average
American?
To
get
to
the
Alone,
banks
did
not
have
capital
to
finance
all
of
their
clients’
bogom
of
this
crisis,
we
trace
its
roots
to
the
beginning
of
the
homes.
They
sold
some
of
the
mortgages
to
government‐
housing
boom. sponsored
enterprises
like
Fannie
Mae
and
Freddie
Mac,
who
consequently
bought
50
percent
of
residen?al
mortgages
from
THE
CORRUPTION
SPREADS
In
another
world
this
would
have
been
the
extent
of
the
problem
and
only
the
housing
market
would
suffer
in
the
long
run.
Reducing
severity
of
the
recession.
Unfortunately,
this
is
not
how
business
is
done
in
today’s
global
economy.
Wall
Street
investment
banks
bought
mortgages
from
bank
lenders,
the
investment
banks
then
sliced
them
up,
repackaged
them,
and
sold
them
as
securi?es,
the
most
common
of
which
were
collateralized
debt
obliga?ons
(CDOs).
This
prac?ce
turned
out
to
be
a
huge
mistake
since
investors
were
unaware
that
these
purportedly
“safe”
for
borrowers
when
market
condi?ons
were
favorable,
but
as
securi?es
they
were
the
market
slowed
their
mortgage
rates
increased
to
beyond
b u y i n g
c o n ta i n e d
what
they
could
afford.
Americans
piled
with
debt
found
they
parts
of
the
high‐risk
had
no
other
choice
but
to
default
on
their
mortgage
loans.
subprime
mortgages.
The
en?re
situa?on
was
a
mess
of
hidden
landmines
within
Investors
were
willing
the
financial
sector.
Banks
loaned
their
mortgages
to
to
buy
these
CDOs
investment
banks
and
Fannie
Mae
and
Freddie
Mac.
These
b e c a u s e
t h e
companies
cut
them
up
and
sold
them
as
securi?es,
hiding
the
companies
in
charge
dangerous
subprime
mortgages
in
each
security
like
a
of
monitoring
the
risk
landmine.
Investors
and
hedge
funds
then
bought
up
the
of
securi?es
had
given
them
AAA
ra?ngs(One
of
the
safest
securi?es,
believing
that
they
were
rela?vely
safe
thanks
to
a
ra?ngs
possible).
The
ra?ng
companies
later
admi2ed
their
miscalcula?on
by
the
ra?ng
agencies.
Then
AIG
insured
these
mistake,
but
the
damage
had
been
done. securi?es,
based
on
the
same
assump?on
that
they
were
“safe.”
As
the
housing
market
started
to
fail,
it
began
to
trigger
To
cover
their
bases,
investors
bought
credit
default
swaps
the
financial
land
mines.
from
insurance
companies.
These
insurance
plans
covered
mortgage
securi?es
in
case
they
defaulted
and
they
At
first,
the
effects
were
subtle:
Two
Bear
Sterns
hedge
funds
reimbursed
investors
for
their
losses.
AIG
was
one
of
the
collapsed
in
June
2007,
and
in
August,
2007
the
lending
firm
companies
that
issued
many
of
these
credit
default
swaps.
Like
Countrywide
had
to
be
rescued
by
Bank
of
America
from
the
everyone
else,
AIG
believed
the
housing
boom
would
con?nue
crushing
weight
of
its
mortgages
in
default.
Congress
indefinitely
and
considered
insuring
CDOs
to
be
a
safe
bet.
addressed
the
issue
briefly.
Overall,
there
did
not
seem
to
be
much
cause
for
alarm–yet.
In
2008,
investors
began
selling
In
early
2006,
the
housing
bubble
showed
some
signs
of
stock
in
Bear
Stearns.
Following
rumors
that
the
firm
was
defla?on,
against
expert
drowning
in
toxic
securi?es;
its
stock
price
dropped
to
$30
a
predic?ons
that
home
share
from
$171
a
year
earlier.
At
the
insistence
of
the
Federal
!
prices
would
con?nue
to
Reserve,
JP
Morgan
Chase
bought
Bear
Stearns
for
$2
a
share.
rise.
With
less
demand
in
The
government
was
forced
to
buy
out
Freddie
Mac
and
the
market,
banks
began
to
Fannie
Mae
in
order
to
keep
them
afloat.
reduce
supply
of
loans
therefore
ending
some
loose
lending
prac?ces.
M a n y
r e c i p i e n t s
o f
In
September
2007,
Lehman
Brothers,
another
Wall
Street
DON’T
LET
THE
FINANCIAL
SECTOR
HAVE
THE
ALL
FUN
Just
when
the
economy
seemed
to
have
bo2omed
out,
the
American
auto
industry
collapsed.
Already
weakened
by
foreign
compe??on,
American
car
companies
were
sha2ered
THEN
THE
CDOs
HIT
THE
FAN by
the
massive
drop
in
consumer
spending
prompted
by
the
recession.
Chrysler
and
General
Motors
(GM)
CEOs
stood
before
Congress
and
urgently
requested
help.
President
In
September
2007,
Lehman
Brothers,
another
Wall
Street
Obama
forced
GM
and
Chrysler
to
declare
chapter
11
giant,
declared
itself
bankrupt.
The
Federal
Reserve
had
bankruptcy
if
the
they
were
to
reconstruct
themselves.
considered
a
bailout
but
declined
because
it
feared
poli?cal
Consequently,
both
companies
made
massive
cuts
at
the
cost
repercussions.
The
fall
of
Lehman
Brothers
shocked
Wall
of
millions
of
American
jobs.
Street.
In
only
two
days
later,
the
global
insurance
giant
AIG
was
on
the
verge
of
bankruptcy.
In
light
of
these
massive
failures,
and
the
fragile
state
of
AIG,
the
Federal
Reserve
ARE
WE
THERE
YET?
believed
it
could
no
longer
afford
inac?on.
Consequently,
AIG
received
$85
billion
in
federal
bailout
money,
which
the
Throughout
2009,
the
U.S.
government
spent
more
than
$10
Obama
Administra?on
asserted
would
avoid
a
global
economic
trillion
dollars
on
economic
recovery.
Earlier
this
year,
history
collapse.
Soon
arer
the
AIG
debacle,
banks
began
crashing
by
was
made
twice
as
Barack
Obama
took
office
and
the
Federal
the
dozen. Reserve
cut
interest
rates
to
less
than
one
percentage
point
above
zero.
The
Obama
Administra?on
a2empted
many
?mes
to
rescue
the
economy,
one
of
its
most
pronounced
efforts
! being
the
American
Recovery
and
Investment
Act
of
2009,
which
authorized
increased
spending
on
rescuing
mostly
large
financial
firms.
But
the
increasing
number
o}anks
deemed
“troubled”
or
near
bankruptcy
by
the
U.S.
treasury
seemed
to
increase
every
day:
252
the
fourth
quarter
of
2008
and
305
and
416
in
the
first
and
second
quarters
of
2009,
respec?vely.
Americans
were
further
skep?cal
their
tax
dollars
were
being
used
effec?vely
and
efficiently
when
reports
were
released
revealing
that
AIG
had
paid
$165
million
in
bonuses
to
execu?ves
(including
those
that
had
contributed
to
the
company’s
downfall).
Bank
“stress
tests”
conducted
by
the
U.S.
Treasury
revealed
that
the
majority
of
banks
s?ll
needed
government
aid
to
survive
the
recession.
Adjustable‐rate mortgage: home loan whose interest rate can change at the bank’s discre?on
Mortgage‐backed
securiUes:
securi?es
whose
value
came
from
mortgage
payments;
the
most
common
type
were
collateralized
debt
obliga?ons
Collateralized
debt
obligaUons
(CDOs):
securi?es
that
were
made
up
of
different
pieces
of
mortgages,
some
of
which
were
subprime
Triple
A
RaUng:
ra?ng
given
to
securi?es
that
are
considered
to
be
safe;
this
ra?ng
was
mistakenly
given
to
mortgage‐backed
securi?es
AIG:
an
American
insurance
giant
with
global
?es;
the
Obama
Administra?on
feared
a
worldwide
economic
meltdown
had
it
been
allowed
to
fail
Fannie
Mae
and
Freddie
Mac:
government‐sponsored
enterprises
that
buy
mortgages
from
banks;
became
increasingly
risk‐inclined
during
the
Bush
administra?on
Bear
Stearns:
Wall
Street
investment
bank
that
played
heavily
in
the
mortgage‐backed
security
exchange;
its
stock
value
plummeted
arer
two
of
its
hedge
funds
collapsed;
eventually
bought
by
JP
Morgan
Chase
Bank
Washington
Mutual:
highly
successful
commercial
bank
that
par?cipated
in
the
subprime
mortgage
fiasco;
became
the
biggest
bank
failure
in
U.S.
history
due
to
defaulted
mortgage
loans;
was
bought
by
JP
Morgan
Chase
Bank
Alan
Greenspan:
chairman
of
the
Federal
Reserve
from
August
1987
to
January
2006
who
lowered
interest
rates
arer
September
11,
2001,
and
warned
about
holes
in
the
housing
bubble
Ben
Bernanke:
Greenspan’s
replacement
and
current
chairman
of
the
Federal
Reserve;
took
hands‐on
approach
to
managing
the
crisis
and
made
many
bailouts
with
the
Federal
Reserve
that
were
not
included
in
the
Congressional
fund