MishTalk

JULY 26, 2017

In addition to its standard boilerplate about inflation, the Fed stated it would begin balance sheet normalization “relatively soon” Here is the full Text of the FOMC Press Release. As expected, today’s FOMC meeting came with zero surprises. more…).

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Businesses must manage it as carefully as they do their balance sheets. Trust is fragile.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 2, 2020

Since the start of February this year, the Fed has expanded its balance sheet by more than $2.4 To put that in context, the Fed was created in 1913, and its total balance sheet assets only reached $2.4 trillion in assets, but only 2 months to achieve the same amount of balance sheet expansion this year.

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Markovitz Consulting

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Unfortunately, companies in the lean community don’t seem to take much note of, or try to copy these experiments, probably because the benefits aren’t reflected on the income statement or balance sheet. Overtime expense isn’t a major concern when many office workers are on salary.

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Time Management Balance Sheet Management Software 145

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 26, 2013

Building on information provided in Management Consulting: A Guide to the Profession , I highlight three approaches that a consultant can use when performing a valuation: Balance sheet valuation; Market based valuation; and. Valuation of discounted expected future cash flows.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Merits of Not Shrinking the Balloon When the Fed first launched QE, they stated they had the "tools" necessary to shrink their ballooning balance sheet. Once the Federal Reserve lifts interest rates from near zero, likely this week, the focus will turn to the other legacy of the crisis-era policies: the Fed's swollen balance sheet.

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MishTalk

JULY 5, 2017

The Fed also firmed up its Balance Sheet Normalization Plans. The Fed released the Minutes of June 13-14 FOMC meeting today. The minutes show an overreliance on regional report soft data and consumer confidence measures instead of hard data measures. more…).

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Consultant Ninja

MARCH 31, 2009

Heres my understanding of the current TARP/TARPII/PPIP/etc plans: The major "sick" banks wont lend to businesses, because their balance sheets are tied up with bad assets that they cant sell. A Simple Question about the Credit Markets. The government will buy those assets, freeing up the major banks to loan again to businesses.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 15, 2022

This can be an emergency savings fund or cash reserves on the balance sheet. A lot of people assume, unconsciously or otherwise, that favorable conditions will persist pretty much forever. This is not realistic. It’s useful to prepare for difficult times when things are really good. Are you prepared for all phases in the cycle?

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Inquiring minds are monitoring the Fed''s Balance Sheet. One more week like this and the FED balance sheet will be $1 trillion more than last year at this time. Three rounds of so-called quantitative easing have enlarged the Fed’s balance sheet to almost $3.8 click on chart for sharper image.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

On September 4, ECB President pulled out a financial bazooka including a pledge to build up the ECB''s balance sheet by another €1 trillion. In this case, the stench on Greek bank balance sheets will not go away. Instead, stench will also appear on the balance sheet of the ECB.

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MishTalk

JUNE 30, 2016

Deutsche Bank shares have collapsed to lows deep under crisis lows and collapse of Lehman in the Great Financial Crisis. … Continue reading →

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Thirdly, European banks are currently focused on building their balance sheets not on lending. Dexia has around $700 billion on its balance sheet, but like many banks it requires access to short term funding. European banks have until the end of June 2012 to get their core capital ratios up to 9%. How could Dexia fail?

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MishTalk

MARCH 28, 2014

reader Dave, a friend, noted that as the Fed jacked up its balance sheet, velocity has mirrored the curve to the downside. In response to Will Prices Rise Significantly When Velocity of Money Picks Up?

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MishTalk

AUGUST 6, 2013

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. QE History.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Question: Mr Draghi, you said that the new measures and the TLTROs will have a sizeable impact on your balance sheet. So all this makes a precise estimate of the impact that these transactions will have on our balance sheet very complicated, especially at the stage when none of these operations have as yet been undertaken.

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MishTalk

MARCH 19, 2014

The Fed’s tapering merely slows the growth of its balance sheet. The rarely admitted truth, however, is that there is no need for central banks’ balance sheets to shrink. They could stay permanently larger; and, for some countries, permanently bigger central-bank balance sheets will help reduce public-debt burdens.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Having already cut interest rates to record lows and saying they can go no lower, Draghi is now focused on boosting the ECB’s balance sheet. We are quite confident that the impact on our balance sheet size will be adequate, will be significant, will be sizable,” Draghi said. trillion] more than the current level.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 26, 2016

Fed Balance Sheet vs. S&P 500 I was playing around with some ideas on the St Louis Fed "Fred" database and came up with this. Mike "Mish" Shedlock Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Central Bank Policy Rates Current Rates Bank of England: 0.50% Bank of Japan: 0.10% Fed: 0.00%-0.25% (currently 0.14%) ECB: 0.05% Central Bank Balance Sheets Three Questions Other than asset bubbles, what do we have to show for this? When do asset sheet balances approaching 100% of GDP matter?

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A higher ratio of fee income implies less traditional credit risk and less balance sheet usage (therefore higher ROE) but also implies greater market risk related to securities portfolios and potentially higher revenue volatility related to volatility in capital markets.

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MishTalk

JULY 8, 2017

At the Fed, the debate is over normalization of the balance sheet. The ECB is still addicted to a balance sheet build-up. In contrast, the ECB is still addicted to a balance sheet build-up. The Fed has already finished tapering. more…).

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Over the last few decades, countless risky financial products were sold to investors using harmless sounding terms like “credit default swap”, “mortgage backed security”, “special purpose vehicle” and “off-balance sheet financing”.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

bolivare-per-USD rate, thus the near-$300 million charge P&G now expects to incur on its third quarter balance sheet. Venezuela uses a de-facto dual-exchange rate system, but policy changes recently enacted by the Venezuelan government are affecting the way that certain imports — i.e, certain P&G products — are exchanged.

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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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MishTalk

AUGUST 8, 2013

In Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation? Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market. I posted an interesting chart by reader Tim Wallace of the stock market vs. Fed asset holding (repeated below for convenience). What about foreign central bank assets, especially China and Japan?

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Balance Sheet Banking Marketing Report 75

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

If the firms don’t have a strong balance sheet, if they foresee a potential cash flow problem, or if they have clients in particularly hard hit industries, I’d be concerned. Today, not so much. The mid-size or smaller consulting firms may not have the same level of resources. Their clients are going to be hurting as well.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MARCH 31, 2020

You’ll need to provide evidence of your qualifying status, such as 1099-MISC tax forms from your clients, and accounting statements like an income statement and/or balance sheet. Your loan amount will be based on your average monthly income, but it will be capped at $100,000 annually or $8,333 monthly. x average monthly income).

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MishTalk

MAY 20, 2014

Yesterday, former fed chair Ben Bernanke said " No Need for Fed to Shrink Balance Sheet ". The Federal Reserve does not need to shrink its $4 trillion-plus balance sheet by even "a dime" for it to normalize monetary policy when the time comes, former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke said on Monday.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 26, 2014

The results of the ECB’s examination of balance sheets worth €22tn, known as the Asset Quality Review, will require the 130 lenders who took part in the exercise to adjust the value of their assets in their accounts or prudential requirements. The 130 banks account for 81.6 per cent of all eurozone assets.

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MishTalk

JUNE 19, 2017

It’s a $31 Billion Balance Sheet Hole That Keeps Growing. GE has the largest pension shortfall in the S&P 500. more…).

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Strategy+Business

MAY 13, 2018

We've never had a moment in which so much cash will be sitting on corporate balance sheets. Tax reform actually changes everything. The most strategic-minded executives will see this opportunity as a watershed moment to reevaluate how they allocate cash.

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Balance Sheet 53

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 effects of a system that ''encourages excessive financial leverage''. By its own account, Credit Agricole''s tangible common equity is just 2.1%

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Markovitz Consulting

MAY 19, 2021

It’s a lot more than a healthy balance sheet, although that’s certainly a necessary—but not sufficient—precondition. While they’d certainly be financially healthier today if they saved their money, they’d be shortchanging their long-term success if they allowed the surrounding community to decay. What makes for a healthy company?

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Women in Consulting

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

into office supplies, these items must now be put on the balance sheet and depreciated and tracked. Any purchase of non-consumable items over $200 must be separately tracked and depreciated. Instead of lumping items like cheap printers, phones, routers, etc.

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Balance Sheet Guidelines Policies Small Business 82

MishTalk

AUGUST 22, 2013

Inflation Benefit 3 (?): "Balance sheet recession" might go away! Balance sheet recession" might go away!? We have a balance sheet recession precisely because of an inflationary asset bubble gone bust. Inflation Benefit 2: The federal government debt goes away. Inflation benefits conservatives!?

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Rick Conlow

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Products, the balance sheet and customers are the priority. As a result, business executives are rated in the bottom one third. Too many leaders don’t value employees based on how they treat them. Unfortunately, employees are often an afterthought. Recently, GM and the union are at odds over healthcare and fair wages.

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