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China Faces "Minsky Moment" on Ponzi Financing

MishTalk

Inquiring minds are tuning into a report on the Ponzi finance setup in China. Our analysis indicates that China’s economy has arrived at that unstable state where speculative and Ponzi finance appear to dominate. s 26% in 2000-2005. Most assume China can grow at 7% a year, a notion that I have challenged on many occasions.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

After building a successful model in financial services, Oliver Wyman expanded to offer pure strategy consulting services to non-financial services groups and now has 2 internal divisions that operate relatively independently. Corporate and Finance and Advisory. Strategic Information Technology and Operations. Public Policy.

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Consultant Ninja: Friedman Billings Ramsey and Tom Peters.

Consultant Ninja

Friedman Billings Ramsey was hot back in 2005 - boutique investment bank, middle market, a cool FBR acronym. Anyways, back in 2005, Tom Peters loved FBR. The investment bank still operates as FBR Capital Markets. It is probably better explained by decent execution of a decent strategy during a REALLY GREAT time to be in finance.

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Controversy in Detroit: What's a Fair Settlement of Bondholder and Pension Obligation Claims?

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Orr, seeks to invalidate complex transactions that helped finance Detroit’s pension system in 2005. Of even greater concern to creditors is the city’s 99-page “plan of adjustment,” the all-important document that details how Detroit proposes to resolve its bankruptcy and finance its operations in the future.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Expect Another "Bad Bank.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. With estimated operating costs of 1.7 billion euros (management costs over the interests of balance financed 92% with debt), one does not have to be a whiz to guess that unless some fantasy book scene happens, Sareb losses in 2013 will be hundreds of millions of euros.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Political Atom Bomb.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. The Socialists also declared that they would no longer co-operate with the Rajoy government, only weeks after the two sides issued a joint declaration setting out Spain’s interests ahead of the June European summit. December 2005 (38). November 2005 (18).

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Lettuce Bot - Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Robots will cost plenty - for the largest farming operations, millions of dollars - but farm operators say the expense will be worth it. December 2005 (38). November 2005 (18). October 2005 (19). September 2005 (17). August 2005 (23).