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Why expsoure isn't always bad

Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains why exposure -- whether to European sovereign debt or to the sun -- is not always a bad thing.

More Whiteboard at: www.marketplace.org/whiteboard

Published 3 months ago

By marketplacevideos

What is a Yield Curve?

If you've been following what the Federal Reserve is doing with the interest rate, you have probably heard them talk about the yield curve. Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains what the curve is and what happens if it gets flattened. For more stories: marketplace.org/whiteboard

Published 5 months ago

By marketplacevideos

Fiscal and Monetary Policy

Often conflated, often confused, fiscal and monetary policies take very different approaches to influence the economy. And use two very different departments: the government and the Fed. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains.

Published 5 months ago

By marketplacevideos

What's up... with natural disasters as stimulus?

Hurricane Irene is bearing down on the east coast, which got Marketplace Reporter Adriene Hill wondering what natural disasters and the rebuilding that follows mean to the economy. She turns to Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch for the answer.

Published 5 months ago

By marketplacevideos

What's up... with Warren Buffett?

Investor Warren Buffett announced a massive investment in Bank of America today and the market responded. Marketplace Reporter Adriene Hill asks Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch whether Warren Buffett is his own economic indicator. For more stories: www.marketplace.org

Published 5 months ago

By marketplacevideos

What's up... with the Baltic Dry Index?

We've heard a lot about how bad the global economy is, but today we got some positive news. The Baltic Dry Index rose 16%. What's that, you say? Marketplace Reporter Adriene Hill asks Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch. For more stories: www.marketplace.org

Published 5 months ago

By marketplacevideos

What's up... with oil?

With the possibility that oil production could be back online in Libya soon, the assumption would be that gas prices would go down. However, Marketplace reporter Adriene HIll finds gas prices haven't decreased. She asks Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch, what's up with oil?

Published 5 months ago

By marketplacevideos

What's up... with gold?

The markets have been on a roller-coaster but gold is doing really well. Why? Marketplace reporter Adriene Hill asks Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch, what's up with gold?

Published 5 months ago

By marketplacevideos

How credit agencies work

On Aug. 5, America's credit rating was cut from AAA to a AA+ by the ratings agency Standard & Poor's. The following Monday, the Dow Jones Industrials Average fell more than five percent. That's got people wondering exactly what a ratings agency is, and why it's so powerful. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains.

Published 6 months ago

By marketplacevideos

Uncle Ben goes shopping

The Federal Reserve is trying to stimulate the economy by buying billions of dollars worth of bonds from banks. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how that's supposed to work

Published 1 year ago

By marketplacevideos

Market makers, stub quotes and new SEC rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to make equity markets safer by pushing market makers to tighten up their standards, and stop making so-called stub quotes. Paddy Hirsch explains.

Published 1 year ago

By marketplacevideos

'Casino' banks targeted in Volcker rule

It looks certain that some version of the so-called Volcker rule will make it into the financial reform package being prepared by the U.S. Congress. Paddy Hirsch explicates what the Volcker rule is. More at Marketplace.org

Published 1 year ago

By marketplacevideos

Counterparty risk

Europe is teetering on the edge of a credit crisis, and markets all around the world are tumbling as investors worry about contagion.

Its all about banks not trusting each other, as Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains.

Published 1 year ago

By marketplacevideos

Salina Central High analysis of State of the Union, 2010

From NewsHour Extra: Analysis from (left to right) Mike O'Donnell, Jake Thompson, Mark Warner and Sam Stuewe, seniors in Salina Central's forensics program, discuss Obama's State of the Union in 2010.

Published 2 years ago

By ianweller42

Re: State of the Union: Submit Your Video Response to the President's Address

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Published 2 years ago

By nycelite18

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