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Can an Expense Be Profit?

Martinka Consulting

His primary motivation was he’s burned out and the driving force for the burn out is 2015 was not a good year financially. Sales were down from 2014 and expenses were up. His balance sheet is a mess. Marketing strategies have to be tried and you have to realize they won’t all work.

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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

MishTalk

Sales of Class 8 heavy trucks are on pace for one of the best years in history - around 260,000 units in North America. A possible explanation for the SEP’s prediction of a rapid catch-up to potential GDP after 2009 is that participants overestimated the efficacy of monetary policy in the aftermath of a so-called balance-sheet recession.

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

Harvard Business

After all, if you’re trying to sell a product or strategy, you need to be able to demonstrate that it is both practical and high margin. Here are some strategies to improve your financial intelligence. See More Videos > See More Videos > Tackle the balance sheet. Overcome your fears. Play with numbers.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business

In 2015 Trian Partners, an activist investor, bought $2.5 In 2015 the 10 largest shareholders in a typical S&P 500 company held almost half of the company’s stock.) But first they need to get management of a company to change the existing strategy. Or they may even put the entire company up for sale.

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Right on Cue: Fed's Dudley Delivers Dovish Speech

MishTalk

In relatively dovish remarks to a business audience in Newark, New Jersey, Dudley did not repeat his refrain that a rate hike could reasonably be expected to come by mid-2015. percentage point from overall 2015 growth, he added. He''s signaling the Fed will likely be able to raise interest rates in 2015.