Bloomberg has a great application to practice how the external balance line behaves in times of risk and crisis. 

1. Describe the major thesis,
the central idea, or set of ideas in
the reading. 

2. Citing specific lines in the article, quote verbatim a statement
or brief passage that is interesting to you or elicits in you some type of
emotional response.  Then identify your emotional response or why you
found it interesting, describe the meaning(s) that the statement or
passage has for you, and provide actual or possible reasons for your
response.

3. Show how the External Balance line behaves after the first riots, and explain why.