MishTalk

JULY 16, 2014

The Hoisington Investment Management, Second Quarter 2014 Review and Outlook makes the case " Treasury Bond Undervalued ". Projecting further into 2014, the evidence of a continual lackluster expansion is clear. range, arithmetic suggests that real GDP in 2014 will expand between 1.0% Total debt rose to 349.3%

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Seidner commented that 100% of strategists were negative on bonds heading into 2014 but I can name a couple exceptions, notably Lacy Hunt at Van Hoisington. It is that money that has no counterpart on the balance sheet of a central bank indicating that it''s a liability. It''s money pure. It''s out of favor.

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MishTalk

APRIL 12, 2015

percent of assets at the end of 2014, well above required regulatory minimums. percent at the end of 2014. Thomas Hoenig on State of US Banks Let''s take a look at April 2 statements by Thomas Hoenig in the FDIC Release of Fourth Quarter 2014 Global Capital Index. Fed officials seem to think so. They should think again.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 25, 2013

Heading into 2014, Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets remains adamant that growth estimates for China are too high and that rebalancing (while necessary), implies lower growth than most expect. I wish my readers a great 2014. It is clear that Beijing recognizes the problem of excess capacity. Stay tuned.

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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.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Similarly, Microsoft paid $26 billion for loss-making LinkedIn in 2016, and Facebook paid $19 billion for WhatsApp in 2014 when it had no revenues or profits. This becomes clear when you look at a company’s two most important financial statements: the balance sheet and the income statement.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Eric Dor, Director of Economic Studies at IESEG School of Management (Lille and Paris France) regarding the imbalances in Italy. Hello Mish Since August 2014 the target2 liabilities of the bank of Italia to the Eurosystem are again on an upward trend. billion since July 2014. Eric Dor Writes. They have increased by € 105.3

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 9, 2013

On Sunday lawmakers passed the 2014 budget without showing it to the IMF or the commission as demanded by EU rules. Greek Sovereign Debt History The ECB, EU, IMF, and politicians in various countries managed to transfer 80% of Greek sovereign debt from private hands into public hands.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2016

Strewn about the table were probably the tools of your trade: reams of data, balance sheets and P&Ls. Managers understand that clear-eyed analysis — both quantitative and qualitative — is the key to building a resilient business. We can’t just print resilience the way countries print money.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 8, 2015

China's Forex Reserves Note that China's Forex reserves are down about $500 billion from the 2014 peak. If China isn't going to expand its balance sheet anymore, that means it has to stop buying treasuries. That's what's going to happen in 2014. I did not understand in 2004, 2008, 2012, 2014, and I still don't know now.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

See More Videos > See More Videos > Tackle the balance sheet. “Take an interest in the balance sheet and then do the due diligence to understand it,” he says. Experiment with the numbers on your organization’s balance sheet by going through a series of “what if?”

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

For example, at the end of its 2015 fiscal year, Apple’s balance sheet stated tangible assets of $290 billion as a contribution to its annual revenues, with approximately $141 billion worth of intangible assets — a combination of intellectual capital, brand equity, and (investor and consumer) goodwill.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Banking union won’t be ready for the results of the ECB health check in November 2014. He notes that the ECB will end up as "supervisor" of 128 banks with an aggregate balance sheet "somewhere between €26 trillion and €27 trillion." How does this relate to the ECB-led bank health check? How big is the proposed bailout fund? €55

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MishTalk

JUNE 9, 2015

Chart #2: Growing Payments While the current state of the city’s balance sheet is dismal, the real problem relates to what is expected to develop over the next decade. Chicago pension plan payments are expected to double from 2014 to 2015, and will then continue to rise for another decade before they begin to decline.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

“My personal belief is the trucking industry needs to realize production of goods will have ups and downs,” Satish Jindel, principal of SJ Consulting , which closely tracks industry pricing, told Logistics Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

I did a search for the term "browser war" and discovered this December 19, 2014 ZDNet article: Did the browser wars finally end in 2014? The fighting might have finally ended in 2014. And in 2014, all those players seem to have dug in to well-entrenched positions. Mish Traffic by Location Browser War Over? times higher.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 26, 2014

The interest rate burden on Chinese businesses and state-related entities has certainly been much higher in 2014 than it was for most of this century. This isn’t the first time, of course, that the balance-sheet dynamics during a growth miracle have created unrealistic evaluations about the quality of policymaking.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 21, 2016

Speaking in a news conference, Mr. Draghi said the stimulus measures undertaken by the central bank since June 2014—and topped up most recently in December—had “strengthened the euro area’s resilience to recent, global economic shocks.” Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 12, 2015

Today, Ally has a pristine balance sheet and is focused on its strengths with its leading domestic automotive services and direct banking franchises.” Mike "Mish" Shedlock Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 10, 2015

Draghize : "The test is credible because the ultimate purpose of it is to restore or strengthen private sector confidence in the soundness of the banks, in the quality of their balance sheets" Mish : The test is credible because we say it is. Stress Tests Announced On October 27, 2014 alleged stress tests were a glowing success.

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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. Corning spent a net $3.2

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Each of these shifts have consequences for how today’s multinational corporations should manage themselves. And in 2014, Pfizer, the U.S. This year, for example, the U.S. government’s Committee for Foreign Investment blocked a $3.3

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MishTalk

JULY 10, 2013

percent for 2014, and 2.9 Participants also described their views regarding the appropriate path of the Federal Reserves balance sheet. Many other participants anticipated that it likely would be appropriate to continue purchases into 2014. percent at the end of 2014, and 5.8 The Outlook for Economic Activity.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Congratulations, you went ahead in 2014. equity strategist and the firm's portfolio strategy research team note that narrow market breadth, with just a handful of strong performers carrying the load for a slew of weaker performers, tends to favor high-quality stocks with strong balance sheets and lower volatility.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

With its balance sheet totalling nearly 1.6 The ECB became the first major central bank to venture below zero in June 2014, and it now charges banks 0.2 Mike "Mish" Shedlock Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. percent to hold their cash overnight.

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MishTalk

APRIL 6, 2015

Another significant shock is the nearly 15 percent appreciation of the exchange value of the dollar since mid-2014. Near-zero short-term interest rates and a larger Federal Reserve balance sheet were designed to be a temporary extraordinary treatment to help the economy regain its vitality, and not a permanent palliative.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 24, 2017

We taught lending officers how to talk to businesses that were afraid that taking debt onto their balance sheets was riskier than maintaining a flat-growth business. In the second place, even if the stakeholders understand how they benefit from communicating about growth, they need to learn how to effectively talk the talk.

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MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

From 2010 to 2014, Chicago’s general obligation bond deals included over $235 million of capitalized interest, simply as a means for the city to avoid servicing its debt in the short term. It is not a balance sheet test, but a cash flow test. The city did receive a series of up-front payments, however.

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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. In March, American food prices rose at their fastest rate since 2014. One way to manage liquidity risk is to increase your stock of savings. Image: Pixabay.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Possible explanations for this pattern include missed warning signals about the buildup of imbalances before the crisis, overestimation of the efficacy of monetary policy following a balance-sheet recession, and the natural tendency of forecasters to extrapolate from recent data. A study by Alessi, et al. This is a general statement.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 3, 2014

Had I suggested in 2007 that the Fed balance sheet expansion of $75 billion a month would have been considered "tightening" people would have thought I was nuts. Expect more on this in 2014. Will it happen in 2014? At long last, the Fed has finally started to taper. Here we are. It is a critical issue.

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