2006 Balance Sheet Management 
MishTalk
NOVEMBER 13, 2014
It reminds me of the 2006/07 period when falling US house prices and then widening corporate bond spreads were totally ignored by upbeat equity investors until it was too late. It it is worth noting just how aggressive the BoJ has become with the central bank balance sheet already at around 55% of GDP and rapidly heading higher still!
Harvard Business
MAY 9, 2018
Walter Thompson Company for $566 million in 1987 and Ogilvy for $864 million in 1989 — big acquisitions that stretched the company’s balance sheet. The management understood that doing three deals a year meant they had to do due diligence on 20 companies and submit five bids. So WPP acquired the ad agencies J.
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MishTalk
DECEMBER 26, 2013
Banks, fund managers and other institutions in the interbank market will be able to trade the CDs, but non-financial companies and retail investors will be barred. A hitherto strong focus on managing interest rates, even with the occasional liquidity squall, has meant that credit growth and leverage have continued to rise rapidly.
Tom Spencer
MAY 9, 2020
This is a problem because it forces households and businesses to divert energy away from productive activity and towards managing and avoiding the cost of inflation. One way to manage liquidity risk is to increase your stock of savings. What asset(s) do you think people should buy to manage inflation risk? Image: Pixabay.
MishTalk
AUGUST 7, 2013
Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation? Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market. The risk premiums of risky securities have become unsustainably compressed in the process, and the Feds balance sheet has metastasized to $3.5 Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?
MishTalk
AUGUST 6, 2013
Reader Question: Does the Fed Balance Sheet Properly Reflect QE Announcements? The feds balance sheet doesnt reflect it. The balance sheet was up $720 billion from Aug 1, 2012 to Aug 1, 2013 ($309B in treasuries and $393B in MBS) but that is only $60B per month. Feds Balance Sheet. QE History.
MishTalk
JUNE 26, 2013
Bernanke says the US economy is solid enough that the Fed can begin tapering its balance sheet purchases later this year. Given the stock and bond market bubbles the Fed has created, the Fed of course should taper (not that it should ever have expanded its balance sheet in the first place). December 2006 (29).
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