The financial time series smoothing could facilitate the identification of some important characteristics such as the trend, the cyclic or the seasonal pattern. It could be also useful in forecasting the evolutions of some financial variables. In this paper we approach some smoothing techniques,...

In the financial decision-making there could occur wrong perceptions over some essential aspects such as risk or profitability. The illusions associated to the indebtedness decisions have some particularities, caused especially by the insufficient financial knowledge of some debtors. Sometimes,...

This paper aims to highlight the benefits and the importance of investments in economic growth of a country. Global crisis creates impediments in obtaining these investments, which structure was divided into financial investments and real investments. Among the many causes that have helped...

In the paper there are presented the main negative effects of the world crisis revealed by the analysis performed in SMEs, there are references to some approaches at the international level, and there are formulated some solutions to combat the crisis and relaunch the SME sector in Romania.

The world had to face last century a series of financial crashes which were felt more or less intense in every country. As the links between national economies became stronger, the consequences of the financial crises spread faster. Thus, giving both governments and citizens more reasons to...

Romanian Abstract: În fundamentarea deciziilor financiare pot surveni percepţii eronate asupra unor aspecte esenţiale precum riscul sau profitabilitatea. Iluziile asociate deciziilor asupra îndatorării au unele particularităţi, cauzate în special de cunoştinţele financiare precare ale...

Romanian Abstract: Ajustarea seriilor de timp financiare poate facilita identificarea unor caracteristici importante precum trendul, ciclicitatea sau sezonalitatea. Poate fi, de asemenea, utilǎ în prognoza evoluţiei unor variabile financiare. În aceastǎ lucrare vom aborda câteva metode...

Besides the theoretical approach, the paper also includes an research conducted with students of the Faculty of Jornalism and Communication at the University of Bucarest. The main objective of this research was to determine the extent to which the media fiction (television series for youth)...