Tom Spencer
AUGUST 25, 2018
The story of the 2008 financial crisis begins somewhere shortly after the death of Jesus Christ himself. The 2008 financial crisis saw Ben Bernanke, the then chairman of the Federal Reserve, providing money to banks across the United States following the collapse of the housing market and subsequent defaults of mortgage backed securities.
MishTalk
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
In response to Janet Yellen’s everything is OK speech following today’s balance sheet reduction notice by the FOMC committee, I received an interesting set of comments from Pater Tenebrarum at the Acting Man Blog regarding rate hike cycles, gold, and stock market peaks.
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MishTalk
NOVEMBER 20, 2015
UPS Freight , the fifth-largest LTL, reported tonnage off 10 percent (matching the record decline reported in the 2009 3Q during the depth of the Great Recession) and shipments down 5 percent year over year (the worst drop since 2008 fourth quarter). Overoptimism 2008-2010 The SEP growth forecast for 2008 never turned negative.
MishTalk
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
In response to Janet Yellen’s everything is OK speech following today’s balance sheet reduction notice by the FOMC committee, I received an interesting set of comments from Pater Tenebrarum at the Acting Man Blog regarding rate hike cycles, gold, and stock market peaks.
MishTalk
JULY 16, 2014
Rather than repairing its balance sheet by reducing debt, the U.S. Implications for 2014-2015 In previous letters we have shown that the largest economies in the world have a higher total debt to GDP today than at the time of the Great Recession in 2008. percentage points from 2008. Total debt rose to 349.3%
MishTalk
JULY 10, 2013
percent for 2015. All participants saw the appropriate target for the federal funds rate at the end of 2015 as still well below their assessments of its expected longer-run value. Participants also described their views regarding the appropriate path of the Federal Reserves balance sheet. percent at the end of 2015.
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 30, 2017
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.) During Immelt’s tenure, GE’s stock market value fell by about half. Its stock is trading where it was 20 years ago. of the company.
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