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Apple's Balance Sheet Math: Does Apple Really Have $203 Billion in Usable Cash on Hand as Widely Reported?

MishTalk

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 billion and $137.1

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Do You Know What Your Company’s Data Is Worth?

Harvard Business

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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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

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“My personal belief is the trucking industry needs to realize production of goods will have ups and downs,” Satish Jindel, principal of SJ Consulting , which closely tracks industry pricing, told Logistics Management. Here are the readings for 2015. Month/Year Current Conditions Expected Conditions 1/2015 7.78 7/2015 -14.92

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How to Evaluate, Manage, and Strengthen Your Resilience

Harvard Business

Strewn about the table were probably the tools of your trade: reams of data, balance sheets and P&Ls. Managers understand that clear-eyed analysis — both quantitative and qualitative — is the key to building a resilient business. We can’t just print resilience the way countries print money.

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business

See More Videos > See More Videos > Tackle the balance sheet. “Take an interest in the balance sheet and then do the due diligence to understand it,” he says. Experiment with the numbers on your organization’s balance sheet by going through a series of “what if?”

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Capital Flight from Italy High and Rising

MishTalk

In response to Eurozone Target2 Imbalances Creeping Back Up , I received a nice email from Dr. Eric Dor, Director of Economic Studies at IESEG School of Management (Lille and Paris France) regarding the imbalances in Italy. Data of the balance of Payments have been published until August 2015. Eric Dor Writes.

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Can the Fed Really Print Money? What Would Negative Interest Rates Do?

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However, in Hoisington's Third Quarter 2015 Review , economist Lacy Hunt makes the claim the Fed cannot print money. The Fed may try to offset such currency drains, but this would only be achievable by further expanding the Fed’s already massive balance sheet. Let's take a look, emphasis mine.