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About This FRONTLINE Documentary
Money, Power and Wall Street, Part One from FRONTLINE PBS investigates the origins and expansion of credit derivatives, from early efforts to transfer loan risk to the creation of synthetic CDOs. The episode also examines the financial crisis, the response to the banking sector, and the public anger expressed by Occupy Wall Street.
Wall Street and the crisis
Examines Wall Street’s power, global reach, and role in the financial crisis presented in the documentary.
Credit derivatives
Explores the development of credit default swaps, credit derivatives, and synthetic collateralized debt obligations.
Bailouts and accountability
Revisits the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations and calls for accountability after the 2008 meltdown.
Topics
Wall Street
The documentary introduces Wall Street as a large, powerful sector of the American economy with global reach.
Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street demonstrations called attention to bailouts, unemployment, lost household wealth, and demands for banking-system changes.
Credit default swaps
Credit default swaps are presented as derivatives used to separate and transfer the risk of a loan default.
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Transcript
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>> And the higher the risk, the better. >> What everyone is trying to create is something that has a high rating and a high yield. That's the holy grail, that's the goal, is to mix together assets in some way so that you come out with a AAA, and a big return. >> And so Wall Street discovered the rewards of funding the American dream.
Just as they had bundled corporate loans, bankers now bundled mortgages. >> You would buy these big pools of mortgages, and these credit default swaps enabled you to bundle all this stuff together, bring it in-house, in order to get it ready to put
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Viewer Discussion
Viewers discuss financial-sector risk, institutional accountability, investment education, and the documentary’s value for business and finance students.
Comment themes
Finance and regulation
The comments focus on how financial institutions, regulation, and incentives relate to economic crises.
Financial literacy
Viewers reflect on the difference between managing money and building wealth, along with the need for stronger financial education.
A learning resource
The documentary is viewed as a useful resource for examining Wall Street and the financial crisis.
Audience signals
Risk and accountability
Comments emphasize concerns about greed, reckless risk-taking, and the willingness to operate near the edge of solvency.
Investment education
Several viewers connect the documentary to the importance of research, financial literacy, and understanding complex investments.
Educational value
One viewer recommends the documentary as curriculum material for business schools and financial institutions.
Representative public comments
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It’s amazing really. We have a financial crisis, caused by greedy, reckless financial institutions. Congress passes legislation requiring those institutions to be less greedy and reckless. The institutions then lobby to have those restrictions removed, usually in the name of “remaining competitive”. This leads to an...
big returns come from investing big. investing big comes from building conviction, conviction comes from understanding, understanding comes from doing your homework and research beyond surface level.
Seems like the lesson here is to never underestimate the extremes of human greed and our willingness to gamble on the very edge of solvency.
Managing money is different from accumulating wealth, and the lack of investment education in schools may explain why people struggle to maintain their financial gains. The examples you provided are relevant, and I personally benefited from the market crisis, as I embrace challenging times while others tend to avoid...
This documentary should be a part of curriculum of all business schools and financial institutions
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