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What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?

Harvard Business

Today’s executives spend a lot of time managing the balance sheet, despite the fact that it doesn’t represent their company’s scarcest resource. Financial capital is abundant but carefully managed; human capital is scarce but not carefully managed. How can we manage human capital better?

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Greek default in all but name - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

by Tom Spencer on November 27, 2011 · 0 comments  ·  Image Source. IN OCTOBER 2011, private banks accepted a 50% writedown on Greek debt. Management Consulting. Definitions. Helpful Links. Greek default in all but name. in Economics. Whatever you say it is, it isn’t ~ Alfred Korzybski. Categories.

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Would a Bund by any other name smell as sweet?

Tom Spencer

by Tom Spencer on November 26, 2011 · 0 comments  ·  Image Source. ON WEDNESDAY November 23rd, an auction of German government bonds (known as “Bunds”) managed to sell only €3.6 Thirdly, European banks are currently focused on building their balance sheets not on lending. Management Consulting.

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Reflections on "Paper Reserves" of Central Banks; Gold and the Tapering Disconnect

MishTalk

In Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation? Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market. On August 1, 2011, holdings amounted to $10.063 Trillion dollars. link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management.

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Mish Fined 8,000 Euros for Quoting French Blog

MishTalk

On August 15, 2011, I posted BNP Paribas leveraged 27:1; Société Générale Leveraged 50:1; Sorry State of Affairs of U.S. On September 2, 2011, the Wall Street Journal chimed in with A French Banking Primer. trillion balance sheet is leveraged nearly 49-to-1. Needless to say, I did not go. French Banking Primer.

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ECB Kills Covered Bond Market; Buyers of Only Resort; Japanization of Europe Continues

MishTalk

Year-to-date volumes have declined 5 per cent year on year and are less than half the volumes in 2011. Japan wants inflation but it''s balance sheet is so bloated that a rise in interest rates of a mere 2% or so would consume 100% of government revenue. It does point towards sovereign QE.”

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Start of a Global Currency Crisis?

MishTalk

Please see my November 8, 2011 article Perfect Storm; Eight Reasons to be Bullish on the US Dollar. The balance sheet of the government, the banks and households are quite well protected against market volatility.” Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'