Tom Spencer

JULY 7, 2023

I was assigned to a typical strategy engagement – should client X selling product Y increase sales in market Z? We repeated our request a week later, but they only provided a balance sheet from the previous year. His advice was specific to consulting, but applicable to other areas of business too.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Finance reports Government About to Destroy American Mortgages Permanently. These securities are sold in order to add liquidity to the mortgage market, thereby making funds available to borrowers. "If If Fannie and Freddie go away, what then happens to the mortgage markets?" Citing Dick Bove, Yahoo!Finance

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Depending on the firm and specific role this case could be very strategic and operational like doing a market entry/growth-type case or very technical (i.e. Increased market share : assuming the two companies are in the same industry, bringing their resources together may result in larger market share.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 26, 2014

In Emerging Market Contagion Spreads , I presented a viewpoint that emerging market currencies have been under pressure because of falling commodity prices. To be fair, quite a few emerging market currencies as well as the currencies of developed countries that are large commodity exporters have been under pressure for some time.

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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. China’s credit boom is still in full swing.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 25, 2021

The justification for the status quo is usually that “all models are wrong, but some are useful” While simplistic assumptions do make for easier math, and can help to predict market outcomes in stylised scenarios, the real world is both complex and dynamic. In reality, firms have a range of goals. Equilibrium. ” 6.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Many an economics and finance course later, I see that the layers of complexities to the 2008 financial crisis are innumerable. Once the housing market began to collapse, mortgages defaulted, and MBS began to fail. Banks would rather store their money at the Fed than lend it to finance potentially risky projects.

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Business Consulting Agency

AUGUST 12, 2023

Review income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow to identify areas that impact profitability. Consider cross-selling, upselling, and expanding into new markets. Sales and Marketing Optimization : Evaluate your sales and marketing efforts. Ensure these goals align with your long-term financial strategy.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 25, 2018

The 2008 financial crisis saw Ben Bernanke, the then chairman of the Federal Reserve, providing money to banks across the United States following the collapse of the housing market and subsequent defaults of mortgage backed securities. Will humanity ever learn its lesson? The US Federal Reserve spent around 3.7

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The figures follow a deal agreed by European regulators earlier this month that will bring in so-called bail-in rules for senior bondholders from 2016, two years earlier than envisaged by finance ministers in their common position agreed in June. Also consider "stress tests".

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MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

The BIS slam, coupled with a recent stock market selloff, brought up debate on a " controlled collapse ". Over the past few years, non-financial corporations in a number of EMEs have borrowed heavily through their foreign affiliates in the capital markets, with the debt denominated mainly in foreign currency.

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Balance Sheet Financial Banking Policies 57

MishTalk

JUNE 26, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. GoldMoney: The Best Way to Buy Gold & Silver.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The latest proposals could see up to 126 people being consulted on how to wind up a bank, even though agreement might need to be reached over the course of a weekend while financial markets are closed. At the heart of the disagreement is what to do when so-called bank resolution funds, financed by the banking sector, run out of money.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 9, 2013

It does not need to borrow money from foreign countries to finance its ongoing deficit (because there is no deficit). Having lost access to the capital markets, the Greek government relied on the bailout funds to pay its bills. Greece Strikes Back The Financial Times reports Greece Strikes Back. Debt Relief or Debt Restructuring?

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MishTalk

JANUARY 28, 2014

"Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world''s largest bank by assets, said on Thursday that it has no plans to use its own money to repay investors in a troubled off-balance-sheet investment product that it helped to market." Investors should have taken a hit. Certainly the promised 10% yield was too good to be true.

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Banking Balance Sheet Productivity Financial 54

MishTalk

JUNE 28, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. GoldMoney: The Best Way to Buy Gold & Silver.

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MishTalk

APRIL 7, 2014

Sharon Bowles, the chair of the parliament’s economics and finance committee, said the revisions were essential to accommodate national central banks that “do not have big balance sheets” and need extra guarantees from the state when lending to struggling lenders.

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Business Consulting Agency

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In this article, we will explore essential fall business maintenance strategies that help keep your operations efficient, your finances in check, and your business ready for upcoming challenges. Financial health is crucial for any business, and ensuring your books are balanced will help you manage costs and make informed decisions.

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MishTalk

MARCH 1, 2015

Reuters reports Austria Imposes Debt Moratorium on Heta "Bad Bank" Austria''s Financial Market Authority stepped in on Sunday to wind down "bad bank" Heta Asset Resolution and imposed a moratorium on debt repayments by the vehicle set up last year from the remnants of defunct lender Hypo Alpe Adria. billion euros ($8.51 More than 9.8

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The founder of modern international finance, Amschel Rothschild, gave the aims and direction of his enterprise simple instruction when he declared he cared not what governments did, all he wanted was the right to control, print their money. When I began investing, one looked at the real property on balance sheets.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The market panicked. That strengthened investment banks’ balance sheets by forcing them to scale back and to change the nature of the risks they take. Less apparent to the outside world is how much banks are also investing in controls, especially in their compliance, risk, and finance divisions.

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Banking Balance Sheet Financial Finance 28

MishTalk

JUNE 30, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. China Financial Markets. Automatic Earth.

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MishTalk

JUNE 27, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. GoldMoney: The Best Way to Buy Gold & Silver.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

As the electric power industry shifts from a model where individual local utilities have a monopoly on electricity provision in a region to a much more dynamic market, these prosumers will be able to make and sell a variety of obscure new products and services like frequency regulation. California, Texas, and most of the U.S.

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MishTalk

JULY 2, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. GoldMoney: The Best Way to Buy Gold & Silver.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 30, 2017

In it, the authors, both sociologists, made a compelling argument that, to understand labor market outcomes like inequality, it wasn’t enough to look at the supply and demand for individuals’ skills. However, any discussion of firms and wage inequality must not be limited to discussion of market forces. Related Video.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 26, 2014

They lower mortgage and consumer financing costs for households, who represent a substantial portion of total borrowing, allowing them greater spending power. They also tend to be associated with rising stock and real estate markets, which, by making households feel wealthier, encourages higher consumption.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

I don''t and neither does Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets. The Financial Times reports China house price surge raises prospect of steps to cool market. Deposit rates are still low and the stock market has been uncooperative. Bulls think China is on the mend. Bullish Arguments. Property Prices Rising.

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Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2017

In effect, they all had skin in the game, which remains one of the most elusive elements of modern finance. It breeds indifference, which in turn breeds a yawning gap between underwriters, whose balance sheets absorb risk (the risk takers), and customers, whose enterprises create risks (the risk makers).

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Meanwhile the Institute of International Finance forecasted net capital flows for emerging markets in 2015 would be negative for the first time since 1988. Imports among the world’s 20 largest economies have fallen as a share of their gross domestic product for four consecutive years.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Of course, there is also persistent overoptimism about earnings growth and stock market expectations. In November 2007, the Federal Open Market Committee began releasing projections for real GDP growth four times per year in its Summary of Economic Projections (SEP). The track record on recessions is perfect.

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1 to 1

JULY 29, 2022

Insights into what customers want and need are more important than ever as the economy and market conditions change. And inquiries about loyalty rewards were common across nearly all industries — retail, public sector, automotive and manufacturing, travel and tourism, insurance, finance.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 25, 2015

A finance ministry official confirmed on Friday that state revenues had collapsed this month. The monthly Bank of Greece balance sheet data for the month of December revealed a significant increase in Greek bank ECB borrowing which rose by €11bn in December to €57bn (including €1bn of Emergency Liquidity Assistance).

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Banking Balance Sheet Journal Report 28

MishTalk

JULY 10, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. GoldMoney: The Best Way to Buy Gold & Silver.

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Real Estate Financial Policies Advertising 44

MishTalk

JULY 7, 2015

China's Market and Policy Timeline Bloomberg has an interesting graph of China's Market and Policy Timeline. Another 173 firms listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen announced trading suspensions after the market closed on Tuesday, bringing the total to around 940, or more than a third of all listed firms on the two exchanges.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Nonetheless, the long bear market of the 1970s that lasted until 1982 caused valuations of the nifty fifty to fall to low levels along with the rest of the market, with most of the Nifty-Fifty under-performing the broader market averages. Trailing PE: 319 Forward PE: 462 Market Cap: $51.53 Market Cap: $311.04

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MishTalk

MARCH 17, 2014

Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets taught me much of what I know about global trade. Mish : Despite the obvious casino-like structure of global equity and bond markets, the poker game analogy is an extremely poor one. I am very appreciative. I tend to agree with most of his views.

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