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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. Thirdly, European banks are currently focused on building their balance sheets not on lending. While Bunds may still smell sweet, weak financial markets in Europe are a cause for concern. Definitions. Helpful Links. in Economics.

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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. In other words, they connected with people who could help them with customer issues, such as staff in finance, legal, pricing, or marketing.

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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? I posted an interesting chart by reader Tim Wallace of the stock market vs. Fed asset holding (repeated below for convenience). Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market. On August 1, 2011, holdings amounted to $10.063 Trillion dollars.

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

MishTalk

Covered bond supply has reached its lowest level in nearly two decades as the European Central Bank has been accused of crowding out investors from the market by pushing up prices and depressing yields. This is in spite of an ECB programme announced in September aiming to stimulate the market. The ECB is crowding out investors.

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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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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market. The soaring U.S.

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China Cash Crunch Eases, For How Long? Three Things China Needs to Avoid; When can Beijing Truly move to Market-Determined Interest Rates?

MishTalk

China''s Move to Market-Set Rates Let''s step back to December 8 and look at China Relaxes Grip on Interest Rates China is relaxing its grip on interest rates with the launch of a financial instrument that allows banks to trade deposits with each other at market-determined prices. China’s credit boom is still in full swing.