Harvard Business

JULY 9, 2020

Mitigate, don’t litigate.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Since the advent of Bitcoin in 2008, digital currency has been a growing trend and a growing area of interest for consultants, businesses, fintech investors, central banks, and governments. Digital currency vs electronic banking. Another difference is that electronic banking involves interacting with the banking system.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Bank profits are. Banks cannot use the money and are not lending it. It proposes a new tool to pay banks even more interest on money banks don''t lend and cannot use (as an alternative to shrinking money supply). debt markets since the credit crisis began in 2007. Obviously inflation is not a concern to the Fed.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 1, 2014

On Tuesday evening, Argentine President Cristina Fernández accused Juan Carlos Fábrega, head of Argentina’s central bank, of " provoking a devaluation of the peso ". In response Head of Argentine Central Bank Quits. Black Market Rate Shows 78% Decline The black market exchange rate is about 14 pesos to the dollar.

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MishTalk

JULY 14, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Expect Another "Bad Bank" Bailout in Spain; Humorous Details of Sarebs Property Assets. Here are some excerpts (translated) from GurusBlog report Havoc in the Bad Bank (SAREB). Big Picture.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

Second question: is there similar activity with larger companies, small, mid-sized, and lower middle market firms? 70% of medium sized companies will change hands (2008). Barlow research – Two-thirds of lower middle-market business owners are expected to retire. Notice the same predictions from 2008-2015?

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MishTalk

JUNE 25, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. China Acts to Calm Markets; Stock Market Rebounds From 6% Plunge After Central Bank Pledges More Liquidity; Wet Nurse Action. With rates spiking, global stock markets plunged.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The Financial Times notes a Big rise in subordinated debt issuance by EU banks Banks have taken advantage of yield-chasing investors to issue $90.7bn of subordinated debt for the year to date, a 41 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2012. It relates to bail-in procedures in the alleged European "banking union".

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 25, 2018

The story of the 2008 financial crisis begins somewhere shortly after the death of Jesus Christ himself. By distributing 100 million sesterces from the imperial bank to reliable bankers around the Empire and dropping interest rates to zero for three years, Tiberius saved Rome and the other affected nations of Egypt, Greece, and France.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 16, 2021

The most common type of green finance are government-issued bonds, which first came about as structured AAA-rated bonds from the European Investment Bank. The value of green bonds traded in the market is projected to skyrocket from around EUR 670 billion in 2020 to EUR 2 trillion by 2023. Resilience Bonds.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Central Banks and the Business Cycle I like it when someone besides a few financial bloggers takes the gloves off and starts asking some hard-hitting questions. The problem is that at these stratospheric valuations, the market does not need to suffer an ACTUAL recession to see a crash. Emphasis in italics is mine.

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Banking Policies Financial Marketing 75

Consultant Ninja

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Tuesday, November 11, 2008. Finally, two counter-cyclical markets. After seeing so many markets down, my cousin in the hunting business informed me that gun sales have been surging, due to Obama winning the presidency. Tuesday, November 11, 2008. Who knew he could stimulate the economy so quickly? bankruptcy Sept.

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Consultant Ninja

MAY 16, 2011

Why the US Housing Market is still royally screwed. As a potential homeowner, Ive been trying to assess which way the housing market is going. Ive seen in my local market "falling prices" "bidding wars", and "all cash buyers." Am I going to miss out on the next bull market? Monday, May 16, 2011. What does it mean?

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2023

Michael Lewis: Prioritise playing the game ethically Similarly, Michael Lewis, the bestselling author of The Big Short , exposed the unethical and reckless behaviour of some players in the financial industry leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. One example of Buffett’s approach is his investment in Coca-Cola.

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Consultant Ninja

MARCH 31, 2009

A Simple Question about the Credit Markets. Heres my understanding of the current TARP/TARPII/PPIP/etc plans: The major "sick" banks wont lend to businesses, because their balance sheets are tied up with bad assets that they cant sell. The government will buy those assets, freeing up the major banks to loan again to businesses.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 11, 2013

In an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal Blinders says " Don''t only drop the interest rate paid on banks'' excess reserves, charge them. Not long ago—say, until Lehman Brothers failed in September 2008—banks held virtually no excess reserves because idle cash earned them nothing. Banks are capital impaired. I think not.

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Banking Small Business Insurance Insurance 67

MishTalk

AUGUST 7, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation? Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links. Abolish The Fed Sign the Petition. Big Picture.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 25, 2020

Gabriel Makhlouf, former Reserve Bank Secretary, gave five major reasons (pdf) why New Zealand had managed to avoid the fate suffered by other advanced economies. These were: Domestic banks had limited exposure to global assets. Flexible exchange rate, product and labour markets. The HPI (Housing Price Index) is already 2.4%

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MishTalk

APRIL 7, 2014

In lengthy negotiations last month the EU reached a deal on how to handle failed banks. Please consider EU Deal on Bank Failures Risks Unravelling A landmark EU agreement on a common rulebook for handling bank failures is in danger of unravelling over the fine print restricting when a state can intervene to rescue a struggling bank.

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Banking Balance Sheet Finance Government 71

MishTalk

JUNE 30, 2014

Today, French bank BNP Paribas plead guilty Monday to criminal money-laundering laws by helping clients dodge sanctions on Iran, Sudan and other countries. On Monday in an agreement with the Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance the bank pleaded guilty to falsifying business records and conspiracy in Manhattan Supreme Court.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 24, 2014

Argentina Institutes 50% Tax on Internet Purchases; Emerging Market Contagion Spreads; Argentina, Venezuela, Turkey Roundup Yesterday, Argentina devalued the Peso hoping to halt further declines in its currency reserves. Markets had seen this coming as charts of the Peso vs. the US dollar show. The 5-year decline is over 50%.

Marketing 78

Marketing Policies Government Financial 78

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 13, 2016

Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, issued a statement immediately following the result in which he aimed to calm market sentiment. In a calm demeanor, he reassured us that the Bank of England would not hesitate to take additional measures, as required. What kind of additional measures did he have in mind?

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MishTalk

MARCH 31, 2014

labor slack Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen gave a strong defense of the central bank''s easy-money policies on Monday, saying its "extraordinary" commitment to boosting the economy, especially the still struggling labor market, will be needed for some time to come. Instead central banks only factor in rent prices.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Creature of Financial Markets Stephen Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the firm's chief economist, blasts the Greenspan Fed, the Bernanke Fed, and the Yellen Fed in his latest post The Perils of Fed Gradualism. A majority of financial market participants applaud this strategy. In fact, it is a dangerous mistake.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Steen Jakobsen, chief economist at Saxo Bank in Denmark, sent an interesting email yesterday regarding China, Germany, the European debt crisis, and equity prices. The political crisis is biting ironically at a time where stock markets across the world is reaching 5, 7, and in the case of the UK 14 year highs! to less than 3.0%

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 30, 2020

In the Great Recession, the US Economy had a financial services sector (think investment banks) that grew in size until it was far larger than the economy needed to make the economy run. Prior to 2008, the financial sector grew way beyond enabling the rest of the economy. This was true in the Great Recession of 2008.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 1, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Nonetheless, the bond market has other ideas. Market Gets Message. On July 17, Bernanke boldly stated Markets finally get message. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links.

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Data Real Estate Financial Advertising 73

MishTalk

JUNE 26, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links. GoldMoney: The Best Way to Buy Gold & Silver. Dollar Collapse News on the Dollar's Death Spiral. Abolish The Fed Sign the Petition. Home Builders.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 26, 2014

In Emerging Market Contagion Spreads , I presented a viewpoint that emerging market currencies have been under pressure because of falling commodity prices. To be fair, quite a few emerging market currencies as well as the currencies of developed countries that are large commodity exporters have been under pressure for some time.

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MishTalk

JUNE 27, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets commented on the liquidity crunch and spike in SHIBOR a few days ago via email. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links. Home Builders. Big Picture.

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Analysis Trends Real Estate Banking 70

MishTalk

JULY 19, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Not only do they think they know better than the free markets, they want companies to produce what their customers clearly do not want. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links. Home Builders.

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Real Estate Financial Advertising Case Interview 73

Harvard Business

MARCH 8, 2017

This initial lack of commercial players and interests was critical — it allowed the formation of a network architecture that shared resources in a way that would not have occurred in a market-driven system. Bitcoin was first created as a response to the 2008 financial crisis. Bitcoin is the killer app for the blockchain.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Mexico’s central bank revived an intervention program designed to curb foreign-exchange volatility after the peso fell to a two-year low. percent from the previous close, the central bank said today in a statement. It’s more of a preventative one based on high market volatility.” That''s not a luxury Mexico has.

Banking 72

Banking Finance Energy Policies 72

MishTalk

AUGUST 3, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Bank Lending, Jobs, The Great Retrace. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. December 2008 (85). June 2008 (97).

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Analysis Real Estate Financial Advertising 77

MishTalk

MARCH 20, 2014

About the only comment regarding yesterday''s FOMC announcement that I saw worth mentioning came today from Saxo Bank Chief economist Steen Jakobsen. I gave my own look into what the Fed knew or didn''t in Hilarious Transcripts of Fed Minutes from 2008 Reveal Completely Clueless Fed. Is the Fed any less clueless today than 2008?

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MishTalk

JULY 24, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Christy Romero, the head of SIGTARP says " Treasury pulled out all the stops for the banks, they should do the same for homeowners ". Bank Lending, Jobs, The Great Retrace. Sitka Pacific.

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MishTalk

JULY 22, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. And that reason is global central bank debasement of currency. Ritholtz on Gold and on Making Predictions; How Secular Bull Markets End; Winning vs. Investing. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts.

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