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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the mid 1970s Morgan Stanley leads the industry in what kind of offerings?

2. Morgan management disagrees with the Truman administration over what issue?

3. Who is Siegmund Warburg?

4. What entire industry does Morgan Grenfell handle after the war?

5. When does Morgan Stanley open its Tokyo office?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Morgan Grenfell do when Morgan Guaranty enters investment banking in London and sells its one third interest in Morgan Grenfell?

2. Why does England sign the Munich Pact and what other countries signed?

3. What are LBOs?

4. How does Morgan find out about Tony Gebauer's embezzlement?

5. What happens when the stock market crashes in October 1987?

6. Why does JP Morgan and Company become a corporation?

7. Why does US District Attorney Rudolph Giuliani criticize Morgan Stanley for the inside trading scandal involving Stephen Sui-Kwan Wang, Jr. even though Morgan Stanley was not involved?

8. What is the result on profits when the SEC prohibits fixed commissions on stock trade in 1975?

9. Who outmaneuvers Morgan Grenfell on the British Aluminum deal?

10. What is the Marshall Plan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Morgan firms that existed at the close of the 1980s. Identify their primary business, their major clients, and their relationship to other Morgan firms.

Essay Topic 2

The Morgans were involved in a number of industries in the US. Choose one and discuss in detail what the Morgan's involvement was, how influential the Morgans were in the industry and why, how long their involvement continued, why it stopped if it did, etc.

Essay Topic 3

In the 1950s and 1960s the banking world changes as new financial instruments become available. These include Fed Funds, certificates of deposits, treasury and municipal securities, Eurodollars and others. Choose two and discuss how the Morgans are involved. Include a description of the instrument, how and when it is used, which Morgan firm was involved, whether they were influential in that particular market, etc.

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