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Monday, March 5, 2012 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Documentary and discussion

The stock market crash of 1987

This documentary film explores the biggest one-day stock market crash in U.S. history. On an otherwise nondescript Monday in October 1987, global stock markets crashed with the New York stock market losing 25% of its value, and the Toronto market losing over 11%. Interestingly, many of these markets bounced back the following day with record setting gains.

Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Round table discussion

Orange County bankruptcy

In 1994, Orange County California, home of Anaheim, Santa Fe, and the TV series "The OC", declared bankruptcy. The county's financial officer, Bob Citron, was found to have invested heavily in leveraged fixed income instruments, including some rather complex securities. With an increase in interest rates, the investments lost $1.6 billion.

Monday, June 4, 2012 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Round table discussion - June

In the year 2000, Worldcom was the second largest U.S. long distance telephone service provider and a leading supplier of Internet infrastructure worldwide. Its stock market value was $150 billion and its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) was on Forbes’ list of the 200 richest men in the country. Its assets exceeded $100 billion, its revenues were over $30 billion, it had 20 million retail customers and its corporate clientele included the U.S.