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BIS Slams the Fed; Ridiculous Question of the Day: "Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse?"

MishTalk

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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Google Chrome Approaching World Domination?

MishTalk

The modern browser wars began in earnest in 2004, when Mozilla Firefox challenged Internet Explorer''s complete and utter market dominance, successfully growing from zero to several hundred million users in less than five years. Google took over in 2008, introducing its Chrome browser, which caught up with Firefox by 2012.

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10 Flaws with Mainstream Economics

Tom Spencer

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. This may not be the same as maximising profits. Willingness to pay.

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Research Shows That Smaller M&A Deals Work Out Better

Harvard Business

Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures make up one of those variables, provided they average at least one deal per year in a program that cumulatively amounts to more than 30% of a company’s market capitalization over 10 years, with no single deal being more than 30% of market cap. Take marketing giant WPP.

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China's Forex Reserves Drop Most On Record: What Does It Mean? Inflation Tsunami?

MishTalk

If the Fed were to pull back, if it was to taper and eventually stop buying bonds, it's not only the absence of Fed buying that would crush the market, private buyers, particularly the leveraged speculators, why would anybody buy a 10-year treasury yielding what, 2.8%, or even a 30-year treasury at 3.9%, why would you do that?"