Weekly Tiburon Research Release
Current Events:
Making Sense of the Impacts of Today's Market Events

The purpose of this report is to provide readers with an initial understanding of current events and their impact on the financial services industry, various products & services, various markets & distribution channels, and specific financial services firms. The report addresses world political events, world disasters, the economy & stock market, corporate scandals, financial services industry stumbles, presidential & congressional elections, and the regulatory environment. This is the second draft of Tiburon’s research on this topic.

Tiburon’s first draft of this report was published in 2008; that draft consolidated prior Tiburon research into one report. Because of the timing, that draft also included substantial details about the credit crisis and the 2008 presidential & congressional elections.

This is Tiburon’s second draft of this report; this draft includes a revised introduction, a revised market synopsis, and more details on the economic stimulus bill, the bank bailouts, other financial services industry stumbles (e.g., Bernie Madoff, Stanford Financial Group), the new regulatory environment under President Obama, health care reform, & the Frank-Dodd bill. This draft also includes refined conclusions that more closely align to this report’s underlying sections and an initial appendix profiling the various federal & state governmental agencies that regulate the financial services industry

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