Do hot baths really cause miscarriage? Learn the risks of hot baths and high temperatures when you’re pregnant.
Can Hot Baths Cause Miscarriages?
What Is a CDO? If You’re Confused, You’re Not Alone
What is a CDO, or collateralized debt obligation? Why are CDOs so confusing, even for people in the financial world, and how did they contribute to the 2008 financial crisis? A CDO (collateralized debt obligation) is a financial instrument that bundles together low-quality bonds into a new product. Learn why CDOs were developed and how they contributed to the 2008 financial crisis.
Greg Lippmann (Big Short): The $1 Billion Bet
Who is Greg Lippmann of The Big Short fame? How was he involved in shorting the housing market leading up to the 2007-2008 financial crisis? Greg Lippmann is a hedge fund manager and the former head of asset-backed securities trading at Deutsche Bank. He’s known for his involvement in shorting the housing market in the early 2000s. In the film The Big Short, Ryan Gosling’s character is based on Greg Lippmann. We’ll cover how Greg Lippmann orchestrated much of the activity surrounding shorting the housing market leading up to the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis.
Best Fish for Pregnancy: Ranked Best to Worst
You’ve heard that fish is good during pregnancy. But are all fish created equal? Which are the best fish for pregnancy? Is tuna good, or is it harmful? Learn all about eating fish while pregnancy here.
Household Finance Corporation: Billions of Profit for Fraud
What happened to Household Finance Corporation? Why did it have to pay a $484 million fine, and how did the scandal serve as a harbinger of the coming greed and deception of the subprime loan market? Household Finance Corporation was a leading corporation providing mortgage loans. It was merged with HSBC in 2004 after a loan fraud scandal. Learn how the Household Finance Corporation scandal affected customers and what the attitudes of the corporation’s leader and those tasked with protecting consumers say about the causes of the 2008 financial crisis.
The Big Short’s Real People: Meet the Millionaire Traders
Are the characters in the film The Big Short based on real people? Which characters? We’ll cover the main players in The Big Short that are based on real people. Learn why the real people who shorted the housing market are just as compelling as the characters based on them.
High Risk Pregnancy: 8 Conditions Explained
This scary chapter goes through major complications of pregnancy in the third trimester, their consequences, and treatments. Learn about the conditions of high risk pregnancy, including placenta previa, gestational diabetes, and placental abruption.
Synthetic CDO: What It Is (And Why It’s Controversial)
What is a synthetic CDO, or synthetic collateralized debt obligation? A synthetic CDO is a type of CDO that bundles credit default swaps into a new financial product. While a traditional CDO is valued based on cash assets like mortgage payments, the value of synthetic CDOs comes from the premiums paid on bets that certain bundles of securities (like mortgages) will default. We’ll cover what synthetic CDOs are, why they’re so confusing, and how their involvement in the 2008 financial crisis makes them controversial.
Expecting Better: Alcohol During Pregnancy?
The first thing we’ll discuss is common vices that people generally advise to stop during pregnancy – caffeine, alcohol, and tobacco. There’s a lot of stigma and confusion around the use of substances in pregnancy. In perhaps the most provocative part of Expecting Better, Oster argues that caffeine and alcohol, in moderation, show no evidence of being harmful to the child.
After How Many Days Can Pregnancy Be Detected?
So you’ve been working hard to try to conceive, and now you want to see if you’ve successfully gotten pregnant. When you conceive, after how many days can you detect pregnancy? Learn how many days it takes to confirm your pregnancy here.