These financial conglomerates provide a range of services, such as investment banking, commercial banking, and financial advising. They are owned by members so that members can share funds among themselves. Members who save deposit the funds. These funds are then loaned to members who need the funds. With the use of advanced investment techniques, these largely unregulated portfolios are invested in securities. The investment objective is to offset potential losses by investing in counterbalancing securities. They are open to only a select class of investors.

These financial conglomerates provide a range of services, such as investment banking, commercial banking, and financial advising. ⇒ FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATIONS.

The institution described is a Financial Services Corporation as they offer many services to customers including all the above services. The firm type depends on the services it offers.

They are owned by members so that members can share funds among themselves. Members who save deposit the funds. These funds are then loaned to members who need the funds. ⇒ CREDIT UNIONS.

This is a Credit Union. Credit Unions were designed to ensure that people had access to low interest loans. They are like banks in that they loan money but they only loan to members. Members own the Union and it is run on a non-profit basis which is why rates are so low.

With the use of advanced investment techniques, these largely unregulated portfolios are invested in securities. The investment objective is to offset potential losses by investing in counterbalancing securities. They are open to only a select class of investors. ⇒ HEDGE FUNDS.

Hedge funds invest in derivatives a lot and are largely unregulated. They use very advanced investment techniques to earn high returns for their exclusive class of investors who pool funds to provide the Hedge fund with capital for investment.

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know