sign up for a one semester subscription to the Wall Street Journal online

sign up for a one semester subscription to the Wall Street Journal online

sign up for a one semester subscription to the Wall Street Journal online using the link: http://r.wsj.net/hZNlS for the 15 week offer. Students may be required to enter their professor’s name (Clements) if they do the subscription. Each will provide eight 1 page summaries of articles found in the WSJ during the semester (staple or bind the articles with the papers, not just the internet links). The eight articles should cover each topic below. The summary should include the “who, what, when, and why” the article is important to investors in the financial markets. (i.e. who is involved, what is occurring, when the major issue or any impact expected occur or when it occurred, and why it is important). For example: Stocks – can be an article on an individual stock or the stock market in general. Banks – can be an article on an individual bank or the banking industry as a whole. Topics covered (8):

1. Interest Rates and/or the Federal Reserve

2. Stocks
3. Bonds

4. Mutual Funds
5. Banks

6. Mortgages and/or Real Estate

7. Insurance and/or Pension Funds

8. Futures Markets

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Interest Rates

Will new fiscal stimulus which will need to the approval of the lawmakers ensure that the short-term interest rates are increased in the coming year? The article was published on 1st of December, 2017 with the author being Nick Timiraos. The main argument produced in the debate is based on the new fiscal stimulus which would have the ability stabilize the economic growth in America. One of the high ranked Fed Official claims that there is a reasonable case if the short-term interest rates are raised in the next month that is in January 2018.

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