1. What is an important economic role of capital markets? Give
an example of a capital market instrument and explain how it works.
Who are the main participants in the capital market?
2. List and briefly describe five basic roles of
the financial system
3. What are different types of insurers and how do they differ?
What are the two types of pension plans?
What is an important economic role of capital markets? Give an
example of a capital market instrument and explain how it works.
Who are the main participants in the capital market?
Regulatory capital standards
a. Are based on the risk profile of the bank
b. Are stiffer for systemically important financial
institutions
c. Are being coordinated internationally
d. All of the above
In your reasoned opinion, is the current economic and regulatory
environment in the United States conducive to small business growth
and entrepreneurship? Why or why not?
• What is a structural gene?
• What is a regulatory sequence?
• What is a promoter? What is an operator?
• What are the regulatory GENES and their promoters? What is a
repressor? Are these genes considered
part of the operon? Are they always located next to the genes they
control?