Friday, March 16, 2007

Critique of Federal Reserve Podcast


I will critique Sharina and Jared podcast it discusses all the facts of the Federal Reserve. The facts they had were very informative and it had lots of pictures that can keep you interested. They talk about what dose it do, and how it work also what dose it do for the American community, and how money in banks get distributed. Their voices were echoing from the room that they were in, and it didn't sound all that natural. They sounded more like when they do the announcements or the educational video's teachers put on and the kids are pleasant and have good morals. On the other hand they did speak clearly enough that you are able to hear and understand them clearly.
Sharina and Jareds images are all good and none of them are fuzzy. The pictures went along with what they was talking about. The pictures were there long enough to have a good look at them they weren't moving to quick that you had to pause it to go back to the picture. Also when they had their name slide up it was up there long enough that you were able to tell who was doing it.
In the beginning it seem quite interesting but towards the edge it lost the whole it factor that they had in the beginning that made it interesting for you to listing to it. I didn't really learn anything because the information that I looked up in my podcast. On the other hand it had good information that if I didn't know any content about the subject that I would have learned a lot about it.

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Compound Interest and the Rule of 72!


Compound Interest is when they calculate how much you'll make off your money in one year, then two, etc. but it depends on the interest rate you have on your money. How ever how much you have on your interest the amount of money may not grow as fast as you think or wish. It may take a lot of time for it to grow. The rule of 72 helps you to figure out on your own how much you'll make on your money for leaving it in the bank. It'll let you know how long it'll take for you to double your money or even just to make a little bit off of it. The picture to your left is the basic formula of the rule of 72!

Friday, March 2, 2007

Insider Trading Scandal - What Happened?



Two old friends meet in an bar and started talking about $25,000 debit. Thirteen people were acused for the insider trading which one was a Stanly Morgan compliance offical, and three Bear Sterns and a Bank of America employee. Many Wall street officals gave hints to traders that upgrades or downgrades were going to happen in the stocks. The gave information to make sure tha move of a sock's price, the information came out by a little bird on the stoop about merges and acquisitions, and getting hot deals on the stocks.