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Navigating a Downturn: Strategies for Business Resilience

Tom Spencer

Businesses should adopt conservative financial management practices , such as effective cash flow monitoring, prudent budgeting, and building a large war chest of cash and other liquid assets. Build Strong Customer Relationships Customer loyalty can be a powerful asset during periods of economic downturn.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business

Since Immelt’s departure, GE’s stock is down another 30%, as its new CEO, John Flannery, has struggled to cope with the cash flow drain from years of problematic acquisitions, divestitures, and buybacks. Because of these dubious decisions, GE’s ratio of debt to earnings has soared from 1.5 in 2013 to 3.7

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

MishTalk

What Has Government Done to Our Money? So refraining from any forecast of what will happen in the near term, it’s sufficient to observe that the economic data is not nearly as strong as widely perceived, and the impact of QE on stock prices does nothing to improve the underlying cash flows. December 2008 (85).

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

Moreover, investors are now able to track the high performers on ESG (environmental, social and governance factors) and are correlating better financial performance with better ESG performance.

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Finally, Proof That Managing for the Long Term Pays Off

Harvard Business

And isn’t the focus on quarterly results a natural outgrowth of the rigorous corporate governance that keeps executives accountable? Our belief is that the earnings of long-term companies will rely less on accounting decisions and more on underlying cash flow than other companies. for all other companies.

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

MishTalk

Government debt-to-GDP ratios have risen further; in several cases, they appear to be on an unsustainable path. It could represent a hidden vulnerability, especially if backed by domestic currency cash flows derived from overextended sectors, such as property, or used for carry trades or other forms of speculative position-taking.