MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Banks create money when they lend. I’d start a charity whereby every newly appointed central bank board member is sent a free copy of Rothbard’s Mystery of Banking except I am beginning to doubt their ability to read. All they have done is give banks the incentive to park money on sovereign bonds with diminishing yield.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 25, 2018

By distributing 100 million sesterces from the imperial bank to reliable bankers around the Empire and dropping interest rates to zero for three years, Tiberius saved Rome and the other affected nations of Egypt, Greece, and France. In the face of illiquidity a bank cannot repay current liabilities or their depositholders.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 17, 2013

On December 12 the Financial Times reported EU reaches landmark deal on failed banks with a "common rule book for handling failed banks". The next day, a friend commented the banking union agreement proved me wrong. I replied "wait for the details". Some senior officials are warning the proposals are too cumbersome.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

This is because the initial trigger for the crisis was reliance by major banks, particularly those in the United States, on mortgage backed securities as collateral. Banks applied steep haircuts to the market value of these securities making it unviable to use them as collateral, and this led the financial system to freeze up.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 6, 2013

Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. Reader Question: Does the Fed Balance Sheet Properly Reflect QE Announcements? The feds balance sheet doesnt reflect it. So if QE is $85B a month, where is it and why doesnt it show up in the Feds balance sheet.". Feds Balance Sheet.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Following on the "success" of the ECB''s LTRO (Long Term Refinance Operation) which did nothing to spur lending and everything to create the biggest sovereign bond bubble the world has ever seen, ECB president Mario Draghi announced a TLTRO or Targeted LTRO on September 4. Why TLTRO Won''t Spur Lending Banks may eventually take the money.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 23, 2013

The New York Times reports China Rates Approach Crisis Levels Despite Central Bank Measures. The central bank, the People’s Bank of China, said late Friday that it had provided more than 300 billion renminbi, or about $50 billion, in short-term funds to selected banks over a three-day period that week.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

This becomes clear when you look at a company’s two most important financial statements: the balance sheet and the income statement. Let’s first look at the balance sheet. Therefore, the balance sheets of physical and digital companies present entirely different pictures.

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 30, 2020

Work with your bank , especially if you have a term loan and cash flow issues. I’ve also heard a lot of PE firms are telling their operating companies to use the lines of credit to strengthen their balance sheets cash position so consider this. If business is slow, do those administrative things you’ve put off.

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Women in Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2014

Some of the advantages are that they have a liability protection, if the business operates legitimately, as well as no double taxation with distributions and losses typically reduce other personal income. Bank and Credit Card Accounts : ? By: Renee Daggett I would have to say S-Corporations are my favorite entity.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Governing Council decided today to lower the interest rate on the main refinancing operations of the Eurosystem by 10 basis points to 0.05% and the rate on the marginal lending facility by 10 basis points to 0.30%. Forcing Banks to Lend a Huge Mistake These attempts to force banks to lend is a huge mistake. Banks if and only if.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 10, 2015

Spanish bank Banco Santander was halted on Thursday, followed by an announcement it would raise capital. When the bank reopened its shares plummeted as much as 14%, with the Spanish stock market down about 4%. Draghize : "Banks do need to fail to prove the credibility of the exercise". Mish : If any big banks are in trouble.

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MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

The question stems from lengthy (256 page PDF) from the BIS Annual Report (Bank for International Settlements) that stated among other things " The only source of lasting prosperity is a stronger supply side. Never before have central banks tried to push so hard. It is essential to move away from debt as the main engine of growth. "

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MishTalk

MAY 19, 2014

Corporate balance sheets are in excellent shape, and there is still an ample cash cushion available to fund operations in the event of a growth setback. We continue to monitor three key factors for evidence of a turn in default risk: our Corporate Health monitor, bank lending standards, and Fed policy.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 26, 2013

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.

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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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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

As a practical matter, for example, these changes in the global policy regime are forcing multinational corporations to scale back and sell parts of their international operations. While international lending, as measured by cross-border banking claims at the Bank for International Settlements, has declined $2.6

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Harvard Business

MARCH 14, 2017

Travel loyalty programs tend to be complex and multicurrency, making them different from retailers, which typically run simple discount programs, or from banks, which offer cash back or a single currency that can be spent easily across a range of merchants. Early adopters could benefit considerably.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 12, 2015

The bank has no plans to securitize its originations, and it won’t keep any servicing rights or build out a servicing operation, Ally spokeswoman Gina Proia said in an e-mail. billion in mortgage servicing rights owned by Ally Bank as part of the wind down. " In May 2012, Ally executives said they planned to sell off $1.3

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Operating revenue decreased 15.9 The SEP reports the central tendency and range for real GDP growth forecasts from the Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents. When the bubble bursts, the resulting debt overhang forces borrowers to repair their balance sheets via reduced spending or default.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Today, many companies are exposed to intelligent device risks that could harm both their own operations as well as their customers. Intelligent Device Recovery Plans. Yet few have formally quantified the size of their revenue at risk and potential liability.

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MishTalk

JUNE 30, 2013

Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. In what should be no surprise to Mish readers, the HSBC China Manufacturing PMI™ shows Operating conditions deteriorate at quickest pace since last September, and new export orders plunge. Operating conditions have now worsened for two successive months.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2016

These so-called “stranded assets,” sitting on petro-company balance sheets, are essentially worthless. Will that asset be operational or retain its value over the normal depreciation period? Holding global warming to 2-degrees Celsius will require keeping huge quantities of fossil fuels in the ground.

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MishTalk

JUNE 16, 2015

Hello Mish Draghi revealed today that the current Intra-Eurosystem liabilities of the Bank of Greece is €118 billion. The Bank of Greece has not published the end of May balance sheet yet. Central Bank Arrogance Recall the statement: " There is No Plan B" ? It is unclear if this is Target2 plus banknotes.

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Banking Balance Sheet Analysis Financial 28

Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2017

While the large banks are at the center of this trust vacuum — with a seemingly steady stream of scandals, such as the recent Wells Fargo account rigging debacle — the erosion of trust is bad for everyone. And yet trust in business institutions, and the financial services sector in particular, is at an all-time low.

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MishTalk

MARCH 17, 2014

This model rests on an understanding of how distortions in the savings rates of different countries have driven the great trade and balance-sheet distortions with which we are wrestling today, just as they have in most previous global crises, including those of the 1870s, the 1930s, and the 1970s. economy.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2017

So is John Rice, the head of global operations, along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. Increase operating margins to 18% (by cutting expenses). In June 2017 the board “retired” Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. Since then Flannery has replaced Immelt’s vice chairs responsible for innovation. Comstock is out.

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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%. By contrast, the 110 largest German companies had margins of just 6.3%.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

It has been 10 years since the global financial crisis, and the fall-out continues in the industry that was at its epicenter: banking. There has been a truly dramatic retrenchment from foreign markets, making banking a rare case of an industry becoming less, rather than more, global. For some banks, the answer is simply: Yes.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

The Business of Banking. Banks are intermediaries for capital and hold the risk when supply and demand is not perfectly balanced. Commercial Banking. A bank, on the other hand, can diversify this credit risk and reduce the average cost of vetting each loan by lending to many borrowers. Investment Banking.

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MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

The Corporate Fund is Chicago’s general operating fund. Chicago’s property tax revenues do not go into its general operating fund. The objective of these deals was to provide budget relief for the city’s general operating fund in the short term, even if the structure means escalating debt service payments in the long term.

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MishTalk

JULY 13, 2015

Going forward however, GoldMoney account holder benefits will include: Access to prepaid debit cards operating on the MasterCard network Lower precious metals storage fees Lower dealing rates An Active Trading Platform Simplified User Interface with Mobile Phone Application. Think of it as your bank and Visa with Visa powering payments.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 12, 2020

During an economic downturn, a central bank can respond by increasing the money supply. When debt levels become too high, prudent banks have an incentive to restrict lending. Responding to high levels of debt and financial instability, one would expect to see each bank try to protect itself by shrinking its loan book.

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MishTalk

JUNE 26, 2015

With its IT expertise, C$35 million of cash in the bank and other resources, the combined BitGold/GoldMoney has resources far beyond what GoldMoney alone was able to put together. GoldMoney will continue to operate in Jersey as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Toronto parent. In contrast, GoldMoney and BitGold are debt-free.

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