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Leveraged Etfs: The Trojan Horse Has Passed The Margin-Rule Gates, William M. Humphries Aug 2010

Leveraged Etfs: The Trojan Horse Has Passed The Margin-Rule Gates, William M. Humphries

Seattle University Law Review

What do the Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the demise of Lehman Brothers and Bear Sterns all have in common? One word: leverage. The misuse of leverage, in all its forms, contributed greatly to all of these events. Yet even today, common investors can purchase a leveraged exchange-traded fund (leveraged ETF), a complex product that uses leverage to increase returns, without triggering applicable laws designed to regulate the use of leverage. This Comment articulates the basics surrounding the functions and operations of leveraged ETFs and margin rules in order to assess the compatibility of the two. The Comment argues …


Integrating The Financial Crisis In The Business Associations Course: Benefits And Pitfalls, Afra Afsharipour Jan 2010

Integrating The Financial Crisis In The Business Associations Course: Benefits And Pitfalls, Afra Afsharipour

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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The Decline Of Investment Banking: Preliminary Thoughts On The Evolution Of The Industry 1996-2008, Robert J. Rhee Jan 2010

The Decline Of Investment Banking: Preliminary Thoughts On The Evolution Of The Industry 1996-2008, Robert J. Rhee

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


Corporate Reform As A Credence Service, Omari Scott Simmons Jan 2010

Corporate Reform As A Credence Service, Omari Scott Simmons

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


Corporate Governance And Securities Law Responses To The Financial Crisis, Lisa M. Fairfax Jan 2010

Corporate Governance And Securities Law Responses To The Financial Crisis, Lisa M. Fairfax

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


Ignoring The Writing On The Wall: The Role Of Enterprise Risk Management In The Economic Crisis, Michelle M. Harner Jan 2010

Ignoring The Writing On The Wall: The Role Of Enterprise Risk Management In The Economic Crisis, Michelle M. Harner

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times: Securities Regulation Scholarship And Teaching In The Global Financial Crisis, Joan Macleod Heminway Jan 2010

The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times: Securities Regulation Scholarship And Teaching In The Global Financial Crisis, Joan Macleod Heminway

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


Rethinking Board Function In The Wake Of The 2008 Financial Crisis, Nicola Faith Sharpe Jan 2010

Rethinking Board Function In The Wake Of The 2008 Financial Crisis, Nicola Faith Sharpe

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


In Praise Of Process: Examining The Sec, Rule 14a-8(I)(8), And Afscme V. Aig, Jena Martin Amerson Jan 2010

In Praise Of Process: Examining The Sec, Rule 14a-8(I)(8), And Afscme V. Aig, Jena Martin Amerson

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.