How did we get here?

Speaker Names

October 2008

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Global credit crisis and stock market decline

• 2008: A year to forget

• MSCI World Index ($US) down 35.6% to Oct. 14

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Timeline of recent events

• January 2008: US National Association of Realtors announces that 2007 saw the largest drop in home sales in 25 years

• March 2008: Investment Bank Bear Stearns faces collapse – is propped up by Fed and bought out by JPMorgan Chase

• September 2008: US Treasury places Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship of Federal Financing and Housing Agency

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How did we get here?

• 1998-2001: The tech bubble

• 2001-2003: The Fed to the rescue!

• 2002-2006: The real estate bubble

• 2006-2008: Real estate correction hits vulnerable borrowers

• 2001-2007: The packaging and selling of mortgage debt extends the reach of real estate correction to global credit markets

• 2008: Government and agency intervention

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1998-2001: The tech bubble

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2001-2003: The Fed to the rescue!

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2002-2006: Low interest rates spur housing boom

Source: MSCI/ Rowe Price-Fleming Int’l and Datastream, in C$

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2006-2008: Real estate correction hits vulnerable borrowers

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2001-2007: The packaging and selling of mortgage debt extends the reach of the real estate correction to global credit markets

Source: US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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2008: Government and agency intervention

• Bear Stearns bailout and acquisition

• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac placed in conservatorship

• October: US Congress passes Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

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Now what?

• Markets often anticipate bad economic news

• Markets often anticipate recoveries – the economy may still feel bad when markets start to come back

• By the time a recession is announced, it has often been underway for a number of months

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