Harvard Business

MAY 1, 2017

Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash in money. Global capital balances more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 — from $220 trillion (about 6.5 Yet the same crisis ushered in a new age of capital superabundance. times global GDP).

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

trillion balance sheet is leveraged nearly 49-to-1. As a group, these three banks have some €4 trillion in assets on their balance sheets, supported by €129.3 The AMF has also fined Mike Shedlock €8,000, of Mish''s Global Trend Analysis, published in the USA, for the same offence against Societe General.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 7, 2023

I was assigned to a typical strategy engagement – should client X selling product Y increase sales in market Z? Our analysis was impossible without extensive internal data and financial statements. We repeated our request a week later, but they only provided a balance sheet from the previous year.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Current Liabilities Cash Much Smaller Than You Think I don't often dive into balance sheets, but did so after reading a Market-Watch opinion by Brett Arends. billion in “off-balance-sheet” liabilities. If “off-balance-sheet” is not included in my totals, then subtract another $31.5 For example, he notes $31.5

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2017

That strengthened investment banks’ balance sheets by forcing them to scale back and to change the nature of the risks they take. As a result, their balance sheets are half as large on a risk-adjusted basis, and the capital they hold against trading positions has doubled over the past decade, our research shows.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

For example, Bain & Company’s recent analysis of the U.S. Take a balance-sheet view. Effective cross-selling organizations, such as American Express, complement the P&L perspective with a longer-term, balance-sheet view of the business and a multiyear view of customer value. Just get started.

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Harvard Business

MAY 28, 2018

For its part, Nikon focused on cost optimization opportunities and balance sheet management when communicating to value-oriented investors and on long-term structural changes when communicating to growth-oriented investors. Thanks to this experience, strategy making at Nikon today has become a process of co-creation with investors.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 17, 2014

This is not necessarily a problem if the decline was expected because a business is sustained from cashflow, not profit, and long term growth can be pursued through capital appreciation, which shows up on the balance sheet and not on the profit and loss statement. Internal factors (see Value Chain Analysis ): Supply chain bottlenecks.

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MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

Historical evidence shows that this rarely happens following a balance sheet recession. Such episodes often coincide with banking crises, which in turn tend to go hand in hand with much deeper recessions – balance sheet recessions – than those that characterise the average business cycle.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 12, 2016

Most of these companies are private and don’t publish their balance sheets. But a new analysis from the German Savings Banks Association shows that, in the last fiscal year, its midsize company clients managed, on average, profit margins of 7.3%. I believe the model is much more than a niche strategy.

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MishTalk

JULY 16, 2014

Rather than repairing its balance sheet by reducing debt, the U.S. Reflections on Keynesian Analysis Unlike the Hoisington authors, I have no praise at all for Keynes. Hoisington provides much analysis that shows why my statement is correct. economy is starting to increase its leverage. Total debt rose to 349.3%

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 16, 2017

To support a change in strategy from efficiency-driven to innovation-driven growth, the company acquired another company to be its innovation engine. To restore its balance sheet, it had to sell half the business. After three years the company wrote off three times the acquisition cost. Shortcomings in Self-Governance.

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LSA Global

APRIL 12, 2017

Make these five steps part of your talent management process to hire talent that fits : Conduct a Job Analysis. Review the competencies with the specific job in mind and determine which are most important for the job, your corporate culture and your business strategy. Prioritize the List. Make the Decision.

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 5, 2021

The title is the theme of the book with each chapter being a deal tip or strategy (and it’s available on Amazon). Have a strong balance sheet. Do a thorough analysis without getting analysis paralysis. The book is 61 short chapters, 50 of them written by me and 11 by other deal pros like Gregory and Curt.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 8, 2015

If China isn't going to expand its balance sheet anymore, that means it has to stop buying treasuries. very long winded and incorrect analysis]. When China stops expanding its balance sheet, that also means that the Chinese currency is going to appreciate, and China said it will allow that appreciation to happen.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Part of the reason of course may simply be that policymakers rely on faulty economic analysis, and it is clear that even as late as 2010-11 most China specialists did not understand the systematic nature of China’s unbalanced growth and the dangers of its over-reliance on investment.

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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. The above charts and analysis courtesy of Michael Johnston at Fixed Income Database. Data Sources: Illinois Policy Institute, 2010 Census, Chicago Budget.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

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. this year, instead of being virtually flat, up 0.1%.

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MishTalk

APRIL 6, 2015

percent in March: analysis by my staff suggests that the unemployment rate is nearing the point where we may begin to see a pickup in the pace of real wage gains. My staff’s analysis concludes that an appreciation of this magnitude would, all else equal, reduce real GDP growth by about 0.6 The unemployment rate was 5.5

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MishTalk

AUGUST 7, 2013

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.

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MishTalk

JULY 10, 2015

Businesses are holding large amounts of cash on their balance sheets, which may suggest that greater risk aversion is playing a role. Indeed, some economic analysis suggests that uncertainty about the strength of the recovery and about government economic policies could be contributing to the restraint in business investment.

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MishTalk

JULY 13, 2015

This makes silver an unattractive element for high velocity payments as we subsidize the storage fee from our own operational balance sheet. Your analysis answers many of my questions. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. Reader Mike Writes.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 6, 2013

Trend Analysis. 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.

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MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

Chicago used interest rate swaps on its 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009 bond deals, apparently as part of a synthetic fixed rate strategy. ( The analysis from Culpepper confirms my belief. It is not a balance sheet test, but a cash flow test. This probably wasn’t an accident either. swaptions and the like.

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MishTalk

JUNE 27, 2013

Trend Analysis. But one way or another we do have to write down the huge hidden losses in the country’s balance sheet, and this will mean not a collapse but rather many years of Japanese-style slow growth as the system grinds its way though its excesses. Global Economic. Advertisers. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts.

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MishTalk

JUNE 28, 2013

Trend Analysis. While these reforms may improve FHAs balance sheet over the long term, they would also reduce market liquidity, which in turn could cause home prices to fall. or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy. Global Economic. Advertisers. Sitka Pacific.

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MishTalk

JUNE 30, 2013

Trend Analysis. And the recent cash crunch in the interbank market is likely to slow expansion of off-balance sheet lending, further exacerbating funding conditions for SMEs. or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy. Global Economic. Advertisers. Sitka Pacific.

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MishTalk

JULY 2, 2013

Trend Analysis. Contrary to 1979/1980, the current gold bull market will unlikely end due to a sudden strong rise in interest rates, as the balance sheets of governments, households and corporations are tainted by huge debt. or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy.

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MishTalk

JUNE 26, 2013

Trend Analysis. Draghi Announces ECB Exit From Easing Remains Far Off; Think the Fed Has an Exit Strategy? Bernanke says the US economy is solid enough that the Fed can begin tapering its balance sheet purchases later this year. Draghi Announces ECB Exit From Easing Remains Far Off; Think the Fed Has an Exit Strategy?

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MishTalk

AUGUST 22, 2013

For a comparative analysis of the leading candidates to replace Bernanke, please see Tweedle Dum vs. Tweedle Dee; Does Janet Yellen Have What It Takes? Inflation Benefit 3 (?): "Balance sheet recession" might go away! Balance sheet recession" might go away!? How Convenient! Totally Ignoring Reality.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 17, 2013

A Financial Times analysis of the full banking union resolution process for a lender operating in three countries reveals the labyrinthine procedure that would still be required to wind up a bank. 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."

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MishTalk

JULY 10, 2013

Trend Analysis. Participants also described their views regarding the appropriate path of the Federal Reserves balance sheet. or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy. Global Economic. Advertisers. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links. The ideas expressed on this.

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MishTalk

JUNE 16, 2015

A time-based analysis of eurozone taxpayer liabilities shows the Greek game-masters played German creditors like a violin. The Bank of Greece has not published the end of May balance sheet yet. Traditional analysis failed miserably. If it is, then the increase since end April is only €3 billion.

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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. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.' At long last, the Fed has finally started to taper.

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