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China Faces "Minsky Moment" on Ponzi Financing

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s 26% in 2000-2005. Work by Nomura’s Chief China Economist indicates that more than half of Local Government Funding Vehicles, which borrow money on behalf of local governments to invest in infrastructure, have insufficient cash flows to pay interest or principal; the exact manifestation of Minsky’s Ponzi finance regime.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. ” Improving risk management. ” Improving risk management. On the contrary, academic research and business experience point to quite the opposite.

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

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This has been labelled the “second phase of global liquidity”, to differentiate it from the pre-crisis phase, which was largely centred on banks expanding their cross-border operations. This share was higher than during the pre-crisis period from 2005 to mid-2007. trillion. Policy responses matter too.

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Shockingly Bad Fiscal Health of Chicago (and the Financial Engineering Chicago Uses to Hide that Fact)

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The Corporate Fund is Chicago’s general operating fund. Chicago’s property tax revenues do not go into its general operating fund. The fund also includes tax increment financing revenues that flow to projects in designated TIF districts. The Chicago Skyway reserve funds were established in 2005 in the amount of $975 million.

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Hussman's Open Letter to the Fed; The Problem with Bubbles; Textbook Pre-Crash Bubble; Reflections on Not Chasing Bubbles; Integrity vs. Respect

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Zig Ziglar This story is more than a quote about persistence – it’s actually a reasonable description of risk-managed investing. Meanwhile, the reputation of value-conscious investors and risk-managers goes from “champ” to “chump.” Only after the fact does the reputation of risk-managed strategies surge from “chump” to “champ.”

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5 Ways the Best Companies Close the Strategy-Execution Gap

Harvard Business

Following the company’s go-private transaction in October 2013 , Dell put in place new models for strategy development, resource allocation, and performance management. Any deviation from management’s forecast meant failure, regardless of how effectively the strategy was executed. Take Google.