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It’s Not “Time Management.” It’s Lean.

Markovitz Consulting

Of course, software firm 37 Signals has been operating four-day work weeks over the summer since 2008. Indeed, a recent survey by the Society of Human Resource Management indicates that fifteen percent of companies offer a 32-hour workweek. Of course, every situation is different and will require a different approach.

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Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?

MishTalk

Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation? Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market. The risk premiums of risky securities have become unsustainably compressed in the process, and the Feds balance sheet has metastasized to $3.5 Trading Psychology Weblog. Trim Tabs - Bidermans Daily Edge.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Reader Question: Does the.

MishTalk

Reader Question: Does the Fed Balance Sheet Properly Reflect QE Announcements? The feds balance sheet doesnt reflect it. The balance sheet was up $720 billion from Aug 1, 2012 to Aug 1, 2013 ($309B in treasuries and $393B in MBS) but that is only $60B per month. Feds Balance Sheet. QE History.

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Draghi Announces ECB Exit From Easing Remains Far Off

MishTalk

Bernanke says the US economy is solid enough that the Fed can begin tapering its balance sheet purchases later this year. Given the stock and bond market bubbles the Fed has created, the Fed of course should taper (not that it should ever have expanded its balance sheet in the first place). December 2008 (85).

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Political Greenwashing: US Exports Coal Pollution to Europe; What About China?

MishTalk

exports of power plant-grade coal to Germany have more than doubled since 2008. That’s because it shifts some pollution — and the burden for cleaning it — onto another other country’s balance sheet. Global Warming Slant The article''s "global warming" slant is of course ridiculous. increasingly has helped supply.

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Start of a Global Currency Crisis?

MishTalk

Since they have maintained artificial exchange rates – coupled with capital controls, price controls and other coercive and self-defeating economic policies – people have of course felt it necessary to get their money out any way they can. US Dollar Since mid-2008 the Lira collapsed from 1.03 to the US dollar, a collapse of 58%.

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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

MishTalk

Of course, there is also persistent overoptimism about earnings growth and stock market expectations. My personal belief is the trucking industry needs to realize production of goods will have ups and downs,” Satish Jindel, principal of SJ Consulting , which closely tracks industry pricing, told Logistics Management.