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Equity Research: Understanding the Role of Stock Analysts

Tom Spencer

Equity researchers, also known as stock analysts, are professionals who conduct in-depth research and analysis on publicly traded companies to help investors understand the potential risks and returns associated with owning a particular stock. One of the key responsibilities of an equity researcher is to conduct financial analysis.

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business

The global financial crisis prompted many companies to pull in their horns, hoard cash, trim costs, and take a wary view of large investments. Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash in money. times global GDP) to more than $600 trillion (9.5

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How Companies Can Use Investors to Their Advantage

Harvard Business

While companies are required to share the same materials with all investors, they can emphasize the elements that will be most relevant to particular investor segments—highlighting stable cash flow for pension funds or payouts for growth-oriented investors, for example.

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2008 Financial Crisis – Causes and historical context

Tom Spencer

I’ll try to summarize some of the causes and historical contexts in this article to provide a greater-than-Big-Short level analysis. The senior slices of a CDO were considered to be safer because they had first priority on cash flows received from the pool of mortgages in the event of default.

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BIS Slams the Fed; Ridiculous Question of the Day: "Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse?"

MishTalk

It could represent a hidden vulnerability, especially if backed by domestic currency cash flows derived from overextended sectors, such as property, or used for carry trades or other forms of speculative position-taking. Historical evidence shows that this rarely happens following a balance sheet recession.

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Getting Your Deal Done

Martinka Consulting

Have a strong balance sheet. Do a thorough analysis without getting analysis paralysis. Your accountant or CFO can help and depending on the size of the deal you may want a quality of earnings report, which is a fancy name for a mini-audit and proof of cash (flow). Show profit, no matter what your CPA says.

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Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?

MishTalk

Trend Analysis. 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 Global Economic. Advertisers. Sitka Pacific.