Assignment on:- The topics are based on specific market crashes and panics that have occurred in recent years.

1. What caused the market shock/panic and what markets did the shock/panic influence?

2. What knock-on effects/contagion effects did the shock/panic create?

3. Did the market shock/panic reverberate through spot and derivatives markets in an equitable fashion or did any particular abnormalities occur?

4. Once the market panic/crisis occurred, have you identified as to what role speculators had during the entire episode?