How can we explain the success or failure of new securities or markets?

see below for ten (10) unsolved problems in finance, answer number one and choose three (3) others and analyze those problems.

1. The effects of Inflation on Financial Management

2. Explain Risk and Return

3. How important are the exceptions to the efficient market theory?

4. Is management an off-balance sheet liability?

5. How can we explain the success or failure of new securities or markets?

6. How can the dividend or payout controversy be resolved?

7. What risks should a firm take?

8. What is the value of liquidity?

9. How can we explain the concepts of mergers and acquisitions?

10. Why are financial systems so prone to crisis?