Essays on Finances

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby relates to today’s society with corruption and unhappiness that money brings. The novel shows how people’s morals back then and today are basically the same. If Gatsby has money and all the rich nice things, like his house and...

Abstract With the active development of E-commerce, the number of online transactions by credit card is increasing rapidly, there are many risks to be taken into consideration by the financial companies whose most of the payments are made by credit card. Finance fraud is growing...

The Big Short is a film based on a non-fictional movie covering the financial crisis of 2007-2008 before it even happened. This movie not only focuses on the events that led up to the financial crisis, but men that saw the crisis in advance. The...

In 2009 there was a federal legislation passed called The Credit Card Act, also known as the The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act of 2009, to protect people who own credit cards from commiting excessive lending that is placed and practiced by the...

Abstract Credit card can be useful tool for consumers build credit and grow their credit scores. On the other side they can be harmful when people depend on credit card to pay for all their expenses and fail to pay their credit balance. The main...

In Robert E. Wright’s book, One Nation Under Debt, he portrays the development of dependability and honor regarding international investments. He carefully documents the development of U.S. reliability and unity in the global finance community. This reputation led to the acceptability of U.S. business markets...

The literature has so far investigated if there is a gender difference in risk tolerance and risk perception, thus affecting subsequent risk behavior. Men and women have been found to assess risk differently, with women being, on average, more risk-averse due to factors like confidence...

Introduction Throughout the summer 2019 semester, I got the opportunity to receive a Management Information System internship in one of the various well-known corporations in Viet Nam. The association I connected to being HongLeong Bank Vietnam (HLBVN). ‘The Bank is technology-focused and emphasizes the development...

Rich people have all the money they need and can buy everything they want but sometimes it’s not enough. This essay tries to prove that money can never truly make someone happy even though with all that money they can buy anything and everything they’ve...

According to the Convention of Biology, the Philippines is one of the 18 mega-diverse countries in the world. On a per unit area basis, we harbor more diversity of life than most countries do. In fact, the Philippines ranks fifth in the number of plant...

In the era of Millennials in which we are glued to our Smartphones, our daily lives and routines have changed radically, and we have less time for us. Consumers want immediacy, quick transactions by putting in no effort. In this context, the role of traditional...

It began on Thursday, October 24, 1929. 12,894,650 shares changed hands on the New York Stock Exchange-a record. To put this number in perspective, let us go back a bit to March 12, 1928 when there was at that time a record set for trading...

On Friday 24 October 1929 the greatest stock market crash took place in the United States of America. The 1929 Wall Street crash is known as the hugest crash in the history of the USA. This crash had an impact on the USA economically as...

The Gold Rush occurred between 1849 and 1874 in California, where over a billion dollars of gold was unearthed from the ground. There was an influx of people who hoped to benefit from this fortune which affected the economic, social and political development in California....

The United States of America today is infamous to having the greatest economy. At least, that is according to Investopedia, one of the best informative marketing organization. Thus the nation became infamous as the “Land of Opportunity.” There are several benefactors to a great economy,...

With a lifespan of only 66 years, Marie Curie became a pioneer woman in academia. Her research on radioactivity, that ironically caused her death, led her to become the first and only woman, not just win two Noble Prizes but in different branches of science....

The settlement of Jamestown is very well known. It’s known commonly as the first permanent settlement in America. Jamestown had an interesting upbringing, though. It includes important people in the history of Jamestown, such as the brassy adventurer John Smith. Jamestown represents a nation and...

True financial independence comes not with money, but with knowledge and investment in long term investment plans. A long term investment plan is one that secures investors family from any uncertainties and provides a stalk of financial support at times. Learning the right way to...

Rosca’s are locally organized groups that meet at regular intervals; at each meeting members contribute funds that are given in turn to one or more of the members. Once every participant has received funds, the Rosca can disband or begin another round Besley, Coate and...