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Caution Ahead: Construction Related Business are Swamping the Market

Martinka Consulting

Fact 1: In my 20+ years as an intermediary I have never seen so many construction related businesses on the market. Fact 2: In 2006 every bit of research done by anybody showed at least five years of solid commercial construction in the Puget Sound area. Fact 3: We all know what happened in 2008.

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Hilarious Transcripts of Fed Minutes from 2008 Reveal Completely Clueless Fed

MishTalk

Here is a list of FOMC Transcripts and Other Historical Materials, 2008 Notes I purposely cherry picked statements of various Fed governors. Amazingly, Bernanke spoke of pent-up demand for housing in January of 2008 The January 29-30 transcript was a whopping 194 pages long. I slogged through most of it. I didn’t quite get that.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Job Growth Trends by Type.

MishTalk

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Here is an interesting chart by reader Tim Wallace that shows growth on jobs in five distinct job categories: Construction, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Retail, and Government. Sitka Pacific.

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Damn the Bubbles, More Printing Ahead; Property Bubbles and the Perils of Easy Money

MishTalk

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. Home Prices Up 60% Since 2008 Home prices in China rose 60% since 2008.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: D.C. City Council Proposes.

MishTalk

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. ” As a result, Barron said, the company “will not pursue” stores at three locations where construction has yet to begin — two in Ward 7 and one in Ward 5. Sitka Pacific.

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

MishTalk

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Luis Bárcenas, the former party treasurer, told a criminal court in Madrid that he indeed managed a slush fund that was fed by secret donations from construction companies and other businesses.

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3 Battles Worth Having at Work

Organizational Talent Consulting

Solution vs. Problem: Next, you want to ensure a constructive solution. Controlled studies involving leaders across different markets have found a positive correlation between the leader's effectiveness and employee retention, sales, margin, labor costs, and net profit. healing self and others. persuasion. conceptual thinking.