MishTalk

MAY 20, 2014

Yesterday, former fed chair Ben Bernanke said " No Need for Fed to Shrink Balance Sheet ". The Federal Reserve does not need to shrink its $4 trillion-plus balance sheet by even "a dime" for it to normalize monetary policy when the time comes, former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke said on Monday.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 26, 2016

Fed Balance Sheet vs. S&P 500 I was playing around with some ideas on the St Louis Fed "Fred" database and came up with this. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Reader Gary emailed a link to JP Morgan's Quarterly Market Guide. Central Bank Policy Rates Current Rates Bank of England: 0.50% Bank of Japan: 0.10% Fed: 0.00%-0.25% (currently 0.14%) ECB: 0.05% Central Bank Balance Sheets Three Questions Other than asset bubbles, what do we have to show for this?

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Firstly, by outlining the major items on a bank’s income statement, and then by discussing key ratios that are commonly used to measure profitability and to estimate the market value for banks. It reflects the bank’s assessment of potential losses it may incur and its commitment to maintaining a strong balance sheet.

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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

OCTOBER 8, 2015

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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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The travel and hospitality industries have been decimated, stock markets around the world have tanked, and governments struggle to combat this devil on so many fronts. If the firms don’t have a strong balance sheet, if they foresee a potential cash flow problem, or if they have clients in particularly hard hit industries, I’d be concerned.

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1 to 1

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Marketing and sales teams have traditionally had two separate objectives in most organizations: the marketing team works to get leads and fill the top of the funnel, while the sales team focuses on the bottom of the funnel and closing those leads. At TTEC, those people are strategic marketing managers (SMMs), or data scientists.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Many consulting, corporate strategy, and corporate development roles require the interviewee to go through an M&A case study. 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. Conclusion.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Covered bond supply has reached its lowest level in nearly two decades as the European Central Bank has been accused of crowding out investors from the market by pushing up prices and depressing yields. This is in spite of an ECB programme announced in September aiming to stimulate the market. The ECB is crowding out investors.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 26, 2013

LAST post, I highlighted the importance of strategy when considering the viability of a potential acquisition; however, before a final decision can be made, a consultant needs to estimate the value of the target company. “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” ” ~ Warren Buffett.

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Consultant Ninja

MARCH 31, 2009

A Simple Question about the Credit Markets. Heres my understanding of the current TARP/TARPII/PPIP/etc plans: The major "sick" banks wont lend to businesses, because their balance sheets are tied up with bad assets that they cant sell. But wouldnt that be a better market result than letting the sick banks keep their share?

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Inquiring minds are monitoring the Fed''s Balance Sheet. One more week like this and the FED balance sheet will be $1 trillion more than last year at this time. With little fanfare or analysis by mainstream media as to what is really happening, Bloomberg reports Fed Gets Bigger in Markets as QE Prompts New Tools.

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MishTalk

MARCH 28, 2014

reader Dave, a friend, noted that as the Fed jacked up its balance sheet, velocity has mirrored the curve to the downside. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. In response to Will Prices Rise Significantly When Velocity of Money Picks Up?

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

As polls continue to swing around ahead of the Swiss gold referendum on 30th November, we expect increased volatility in the FX and gold market. After the implementation of the EURCHF floor, gold’s share of the SNB balance sheet has fallen to 7.5% from around 30% in 2007 (top chart) [SNB Balance Sheet].

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MishTalk

MARCH 19, 2014

The Fed’s tapering merely slows the growth of its balance sheet. The rarely admitted truth, however, is that there is no need for central banks’ balance sheets to shrink. They could stay permanently larger; and, for some countries, permanently bigger central-bank balance sheets will help reduce public-debt burdens.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Question: Mr Draghi, you said that the new measures and the TLTROs will have a sizeable impact on your balance sheet. So all this makes a precise estimate of the impact that these transactions will have on our balance sheet very complicated, especially at the stage when none of these operations have as yet been undertaken.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Thirdly, European banks are currently focused on building their balance sheets not on lending. While Bunds may still smell sweet, weak financial markets in Europe are a cause for concern. Weak financial markets increase the risk that one or more European banks will fail. Business Strategy. How could Dexia fail?

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Having already cut interest rates to record lows and saying they can go no lower, Draghi is now focused on boosting the ECB’s balance sheet. We are quite confident that the impact on our balance sheet size will be adequate, will be significant, will be sizable,” Draghi said. trillion] more than the current level.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 6, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Reader Question: Does the Fed Balance Sheet Properly Reflect QE Announcements? Feds Balance Sheet.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 19, 2016

His balance sheet is a mess. One that struck me is something I see every so often and it’s marketing expense. He figured because a $30,000 marketing campaign didn’t work it really wasn’t an expense but should be considered profit. Sales were down from 2014 and expenses were up.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 8, 2013

In Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation? I posted an interesting chart by reader Tim Wallace of the stock market vs. Fed asset holding (repeated below for convenience). Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market. What about foreign central bank assets, especially China and Japan?

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Retail investors aren’t the only ones suffering from the woes of the emerging markets: Procter & Gamble PG +2.06% is feeling the pain of foreign currencies, too. bolivare-per-USD rate, thus the near-$300 million charge P&G now expects to incur on its third quarter balance sheet. certain P&G products — are exchanged.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

In the 2016 book The End of Accounting , NYU Stern Professor Baruch Lev claimed that over the last 100 years or so, financial reports have become less useful in capital market decisions. This becomes clear when you look at a company’s two most important financial statements: the balance sheet and the income statement.

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1 to 1

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

After years of immense growth, there are signs of economic headwinds across industries , with higher interest rates, stock market declines, pandemic challenges, labor shortages, global political instability, and more. Firms are becoming more risk-averse and deliberate in their spending plans through the end of the year.

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Martinka Consulting

MAY 4, 2018

(One of the first things I do when I see financial statements is check if the year-to-date income on the P&L is the same as the year-to-date income on the balance sheet. Demonstrate you can attract and retain good employees (especially in our currently tight labor market). You’d be surprised how often it isn’t the same.).

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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

DECEMBER 23, 2013

An exceptional bid by China’s central bank to curb soaring interest rates and relieve pressure on the financial system appeared to have come up short on Monday, as Chinese money market rates shrugged off the measure and continued to approach the crisis levels seen in June.

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Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2017

A platform connects providers and users in a multisided market. A platform can be a business platform (a multisided market), a software platform (a cloud-based subscription service), or an engagement platform, (a user-generated community). For most companies intellectual property is something that sits on their balance sheet.

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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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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. One of the ways that his company is improving its customer experience, particularly in the digital space, is by providing greater personalization through automation and marketing analytics, according to Lee.

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MishTalk

JULY 30, 2014

That’s because it shifts some pollution — and the burden for cleaning it — onto another other country’s balance sheet. Obama pretties up his own climate balance, but it doesn’t help the global climate at all if Obama’s carbon dioxide is coming out of chimneys in Germany.” So, too, are the prices on the carbon market in Europe.

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MishTalk

JUNE 26, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Draghi Announces ECB Exit From Easing Remains Far Off; Think the Fed Has an Exit Strategy? Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 4, 2013

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?" In essence, we should return lending to the free market. And we won''t have fixed-rate mortgages." I too support the idea.

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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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MishTalk

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Instituting massive rate hikes in such a situation is certainly a better approach than wasting foreign reserves in market interventions. See above link for charts on Russia money supply growth and Russia''s central bank balance sheet. Russia’s central bank is actually known for being quite conservative.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

In the past, marketers have struggled to deliver the higher response rates they need from existing customers — a smaller group than potential new customers. Digital channels now allow companies to fine-tune marketing messages based on observed behavior. Take a balance-sheet view.

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