Successful Independent Consulting

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Photo 50727473 / Piggy Bank © David Franklin | Dreamstime.com. Do some market-rate benchmarking to learn what other consultants are charging, or what clients are paying. The easiest time to raise your rate is on the cusp of something new — a new year, a new project, a new client. for year one, $165 for year two, and $172.50

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Successful Independent Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Do some market-rate benchmarking to learn what other consultants are charging, or what clients are paying. Note: Another logical time is on your company’s anniversary; if you don’t know what day your business was founded, make one up — maybe the date you opened your business bank account or you signed your first contract.)

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MishTalk

JANUARY 19, 2014

At the risk of incurring another nonsensical fine for quoting someone on leverage and capital ratios of French banks, please consider European Banks Face $1 Trillion Gap Before Review. The figures assume a benchmark capital ratio for other book measures of leverage of 7 percent, they wrote. “A What Shortfall?

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 1, 2014

On Tuesday evening, Argentine President Cristina Fernández accused Juan Carlos Fábrega, head of Argentina’s central bank, of " provoking a devaluation of the peso ". In response Head of Argentine Central Bank Quits. There was a sharp sell-off in the benchmark Merval stock index after Mr Fábrega’s departure was announced.

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Successful Independent Consulting

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Do some market-rate benchmarking to learn what other consultants are charging, or what clients are paying. Note: Another logical time is on your company’s anniversary; if you don’t know what day your business was founded, make one up — maybe the date you opened your business bank account or you signed your first contract.

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BCG

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Corporate banking is a tough business. In fact, BCG’s most recent Corporate Banking Performance Benchmarking survey—of 300 corporate banking divisions around the world serving the small, midmarket, and large business segments—found a dramatic split between the best and the rest. Report Monday, December 12, 2016.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Next year will be a very important year for China because possible strains in the banking system and the intensity with which the reformers present their case will give us a better sense both of how much debt capacity the country retains and of how well positioned Xi Jinping and his allies are to implement the needed reforms.

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MishTalk

MARCH 3, 2014

Russia Intervenes in Currency Markets to Stabilize Ruble Bloomberg reports Ruble Plunges to Record as Bank Rossii Seen Selling $10 Billion. percent against the dollar today, more than any other currency tracked by Bloomberg, while the benchmark Micex stock index plunged more than 11 percent and benchmark bond yields soared. “So

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MishTalk

JANUARY 24, 2014

Argentina Institutes 50% Tax on Internet Purchases; Emerging Market Contagion Spreads; Argentina, Venezuela, Turkey Roundup Yesterday, Argentina devalued the Peso hoping to halt further declines in its currency reserves. Markets had seen this coming as charts of the Peso vs. the US dollar show. The 5-year decline is over 50%.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 28, 2014

On the black market today, it takes 89 bolivars to buy 1 US dollar. Black Market Record Low Bloomberg reports Venezuela’s Black Market Bolivar Slides to Record Low. dollar on the black market today as the government tightens currency rationing to pay maturing debt. Venezuela’s benchmark dollar bonds due in 2027 fell 0.44

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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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The Fearless Marketer

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Do you remember the stock market crash of 2008? It plummeted because Congress rejected the bank bailout bill. I remember monitoring the news closely, and on the week of September 22 there was heated discussion about the bank bailout bill. So, that week, I took 100% of my money out of the stock market and put it in cash.

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MishTalk

MAY 24, 2014

million after accusing a former trader at the bank of improperly influencing gold prices at the expense of a customer. The process of setting the benchmark price for gold in London dates to 1919. It is set twice a day by five banks that serve as market makers, according to the London Bullion Market Association.

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MishTalk

JUNE 5, 2014

In a widely expected move this morning, ECB president Mario Draghi announced negative interest rates, the first-ever move for a major central bank. The ECB also lowered the benchmark rate from 0.25% to 0.15%. The ECB will also continue to provide shorter-term cheap loans to banks at fixed rates until at least the end of 2016.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 8, 2016

German regulation and the thinking about the regulatory process in general, particularly in industries like banking and Fintech, is a standard which could certainly help redefine not only the German market, but create a global benchmark for those who understand that regulations are necessary. Germany is more interesting.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 25, 2019

There are a couple of reasons for this: Asset managers can see cash flow and earnings fluctuate wildly with markets. If there is a financial crisis, the stock market falls by half and the asset manager’s performance is in line with the stock market, they now make $500 million. Valuation of Asset Management Firms.

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MishTalk

APRIL 14, 2014

On Monday, the Ukraine central bank pulled out the bazooka with a massive set of rate hikes. Kiev’s central bank raised the benchmark discount rate from 6.5 Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. to the US dollar, to 13.16

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MishTalk

MARCH 24, 2014

I have to admit (time and time again actually), that this market has gone further, faster, than I thought possible. Over Next Seven Years, Market Will have Negative Returns" I strongly encourage you to read an interview of Jeremy Grantham, by Stephen Gandel, senior editor of Fortune : The Fed is Killing the Recovery. Grantham : No.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 25, 2014

The central bank on Sept. The PBOC also eased a ban on mortgages for people without home loan debt who want to buy a third home, allowing banks determine down payments and rates. The PBOC also eased a ban on mortgages for people without home loan debt who want to buy a third home, allowing banks determine down payments and rates.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 15, 2014

Even though Singapore is no longer an emerging market nation, I consider its bubble economy to be part of the overall emerging markets bubble that I have been warning about due to its strategic role and locationin Southeast Asia, which is also known as ASEAN (Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations).

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MishTalk

MAY 29, 2014

As Millennials became a larger and larger share of the marketplace, the idea of “cause marketing” has evolved from a nascent promotional strategy to the key differentiator, not only in deciding what to buy, but who to trust and reward with brand loyalty. Bank of America Corp., Cone’s 2013 survey of over 1,200 U.S. Wells Fargo & Co.,

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 16, 2014

For an tie-in to bank lending, please see Occam''s Razor and Bank Lending.) The idea that because of the waste and corruption and populist spending, these countries can therefore enforce a particular price on the market is nonsense. The first point to note is that OPEC’s market power is waning. OPEC supplies.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

s Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest bond fund, said investors should buy short-term Treasuries and credit securities that will be bolstered by the Fed’s intent to keep benchmark lending rates at almost zero. benchmark lending rates at almost zero. ". soon be the nearly sole focus of central banks. We recommend.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

In addition to holding its benchmark rate at 0.25%, the ECB also left the rate it pays on bank deposits unchanged at zero. The eurozone is doing so by accident, letting market forces drain liquidity from the financial system for month after month. Banks refusal to lend is not passive tightening. The answer is no."

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MishTalk

AUGUST 20, 2014

The ruling meant, and banks enforced, the all or none principle. Payments will be made into accounts at the central bank instead of through Bank of New York Mellon Corp., The country’s benchmark restructured bonds due in 2033 fell 2.58 Bondholders can get payment directly from Argentina''s central bank.

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MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

The Shanghai stock market is on a tear as the following charts show. As with every major bull market participants just cannot wait to get in, and cannot get in enough when they do. Shanghai traders now have more than 1 trillion yuan ($161 billion) of borrowed cash riding on the world’s highest-flying stock market.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Alternative Bank Schweiz (ABS), a small bank in Switzerland broke the negative interest rate on deposits barrier, CHARGING customers to cake their money. The Alternative Bank Schweiz wrote to customers telling them they would face a -0.125 per cent rate on their money from 2016 – and a -0.75 emphasis in caps from the article).

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MishTalk

JANUARY 19, 2016

Italian Banks Hammered Things don't matter until they do. For example, Bloomberg reports Italian Banks Lead European Decliners on Bad-Loan Concerns. Europe’s 46-member Stoxx 600 Banks Index decreased 1.9 Europe’s 46-member Stoxx 600 Banks Index decreased 1.9 For whatever reason, things in Europe are starting to matter.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 4, 2015

Question for Rena Why did you have a Greek bank account? Market Reopens Shares Plunge The stock market collapsed on yesterday following its restricted reopening. On Monday Greek Bank Shares Crash 30% as Market Reopens. The benchmark index in Athens opened nearly 23% lower, with banking stocks the biggest losers.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

After 2 years, he recruited 2 friends from Chicago and formed the Business Research and Development Company with $500 borrowed from the bank. Today, Booz Allen Hamilton and Booz & Company still reign in the federal sector – they own the highest percentage of the market in the government sector. What about lifestyle?

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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. The BIS slam, coupled with a recent stock market selloff, brought up debate on a " controlled collapse ".

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Creature of Financial Markets Stephen Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the firm's chief economist, blasts the Greenspan Fed, the Bernanke Fed, and the Yellen Fed in his latest post The Perils of Fed Gradualism. A majority of financial market participants applaud this strategy. In fact, it is a dangerous mistake.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 21, 2015

In the past I’ve written about how low interest rates and bank using the SBA guarantee program and its low down payment requirements plus a 10-year amortization have caused buyers to pay more for businesses than they would have years ago (because their payments are the same or less). Many banks will go as low as 1.25:1 times profit.

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MishTalk

JULY 6, 2015

The overheated Shanghai and Shenzhen markets have lost 29 and 32 per cent respectively over the past three weeks following 7-year highs reached on June 12. Instead of welcoming a much needed correction, Chinese brokerages and the Bank of China agreed to prop up the market. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index added 2.41

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 23, 2015

China’s central bank cut benchmark interest rates for the sixth time this year in a bid to support an economy which is forecast to grow at its slowest annual rate in 25 years. The PBoC said on its website that it was lowering the one-year benchmark bank lending rate by 25 basis points to 4.35

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MishTalk

APRIL 14, 2015

The vast majority of mortgages in Portugal, and a huge number in Italy and Spain are tied to Euribor, the rate it costs European banks to borrow from each other. If Euribor drops low, enough banks will have to pay borrowers. The rate is based on how much it costs European banks to borrow from each other.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 11, 2016

It is also a potent sign of the lengths to which China's central bank is prepared to go to support the value of offshore renminbi, known as CNH. The overnight CNH Hibor, a daily benchmark for offshore renminbi interbank lending, hit a record-high 13.4 China found that out with ill-advised attempts to shore up its stock markets.

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