MishTalk

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Young people, who played a major role in putting President Obama in the White House in 2008 and keeping him there after 2012, now say they would vote to recall the president if given the chance. 20% Definitely will enroll. 47% Definitely will not enroll. 22% Definitely will enroll. 45% Definitely will not enroll.

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MishTalk

JUNE 28, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Calmer Waters for the Bond Market? Curve Watchers Anonymous has its eyes on the bond market as the quarter comes to a close today. Gundlach Sees Calmer Waters Ahead For Bond Market.

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MishTalk

JULY 9, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. By definition, government spending adds to GDP, no matter how useless the spending. Choice #2 : Let the free market adjust itself. Only a free market. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts.

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MishTalk

JULY 2, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Ritholtz on Gold and on Making Predictions; How Secular Bull Markets End; Winning vs. Investing. Today on Market Ticker Ritholtz says Sell Gold at $1,400, Then It’s All Downhill.

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MishTalk

JULY 4, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mish Definition of Alegal. or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links. Automatic Earth.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

It''s All In The Definition. The definition of "unemployed" is what it is (for political reasons), but by my more practical definition " you are unemployed if you want a job and do not have one ", the corresponding numbers would be as follows: Labor Force: 155,486,000 + 6,285,000 = 161,771,000. goes back to mid-2008.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The problem is that at these stratospheric valuations, the market does not need to suffer an ACTUAL recession to see a crash. Like October 1987, just the fear of recession will be enough to trigger a massive market move. This suggests to me a continued misplaced market (over)-confidence about central banks’ ability to control events.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 7, 2016

For example, EconMatters writes That's the Bottom in the Oil Market. EconMatters concludes his article, posted yesterday, with " You may now go long the oil market in your preferred instrument. I sympathize with that conclusion, but would not use the word "definitely". The top was $147 in June of 2008.

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MishTalk

MARCH 1, 2015

I’ve definitely noticed a slowdown. One real estate agent said “a hell of a lot” of property was on the market – about 400 houses were for rent or sale and buyers were scarce. Definitions Needed I need a definition of " little " and also a definition what had been " anticipated ".

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 6, 2012

Definitions. LIBOR, the “London InterBank Offered Rate”, is a benchmark which indicates the average rate at which leading banks can obtain unsecured funding in the London interbank market. The global financial crisis of 2008 was caused by an act of deception (or rather, many acts of deception). Helpful Links.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 7, 2016

In this case, China’s large state banks borrowed dollars in the swap market, sold the U.S. currency in the cash spot market and used forward contracts with the central bank to hedge those positions. " May 22, 2008: 2008 Market Oracle : US Treasury Bonds Fast Becoming Certificates of Confiscation. Oxymoron, anyone?

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MishTalk

MAY 29, 2014

Let''s start with a couple of demographic definitions then a look at the study. As Millennials became a larger and larger share of the marketplace, the idea of “cause marketing” has evolved from a nascent promotional strategy to the key differentiator, not only in deciding what to buy, but who to trust and reward with brand loyalty.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Instead of grand bargains of increased spending and taxes, those of us who support limited government and free markets should form a coalition with antiwar liberals to reduce spending on both the military industrial complex and domestic welfare programs. Total Credit Market Debt Owed. Worthless US Dollar? Please stop.

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MishTalk

MARCH 16, 2015

ZeroHedge wrote " The last time the world was sliding into a US dollar shortage as rapidly as it is right now, was following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. More importantly, a dollar shortage certainly did not cause the crash in 2008. Excess debt and speculation caused the crisis in 2008. Same as 2008 or Opposite?

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Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

In 2011 we were playing a bit of catch-up compared to the market. Google released Android in 2008 and over the next several years cemented its position as one of the most successful players in the smartphone business. Furthermore, Yahoo’s mobile strategy is far from the only cause of its recent struggles. That makes sense.

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Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2016

Some products are truly innovative but stay walled up too long in R&D and then are released to market when they are no longer unique. Playmobil priced its play set far too low, which allowed customers to make money from it in the resale market. Most definitely. The luxury SUV that set a record for pre-sales.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 11, 2017

The companies that are most vocal about environmental and social issues tend to be big, mass-market brands — well-known retailers , consumer products giants , and tech firms that are telling a new story to consumers who increasingly care about sustainability. Like many luxury brands, Krug was struggling after the 2008 financial crisis.

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Consultant Ninja

JUNE 13, 2009

My frustrations with my firm, with the projects that I feel are a waste of my clients money, with the exertions of effort for dead-end marketing or intellectual capital initiatives - Ive had to store them up inside me, where theyve burned me up and increased my bitterness. You are definitely not the only one who feels this way.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 18, 2014

The negative break-even rate represents “an uncertainty premium that maybe oil could fall to $40 a barrel,” said Donald Ellenberger, who oversees about $10 billion as head of multi-sector strategies at Federated Investors in Pittsburgh. By definition they will pop. Now Krugman wants to bully the Fed into halting the hikes.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

market for latex condoms. Recently, Mayer Laboratories sued Church and Dwight, Trojan’s parent company, for illegally monopolizing the market. New ideas and strategies while working on the projects, finding different ways of doing things more effectively; I started feeling enthralled. My group chose to examine the U.S.

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MishTalk

JULY 17, 2015

The question of whether Canada slipped into a recession in the first half of 2015 may depend on our definition of “recession.” The 2008 Bubble couldn't stop it from growing, so when it finally does implode, it will probably be quite spectacular. This is likely to go hand-in-hand with the demise of the equally egregious housing bubble.

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MishTalk

JULY 7, 2015

Two Rules Every bubble eventually bursts The bigger the bubble the bigger the bust Central banks globally have blown the biggest bubble ever in the wake of the 2008 crash. China's Market and Policy Timeline Bloomberg has an interesting graph of China's Market and Policy Timeline. Two Questions How fast? Where Next?

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

percent which is below the low end estimate and the lowest of the recovery, since April 2008. Debate will definitely be lively at the September 17 FOMC! Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. The unemployment rate fell 2 tenths to 5.1

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MishTalk

JANUARY 27, 2014

For now, let''s use that definition. Today''s information technology allows a multinational company to position research, marketing, finance and managerial jobs to anywhere. Currency Crisis A second deflationary factor in Europe is the emerging market currency crisis. The offshore came to France. Europe First, Then U.S.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

So it simply acts as a hot potato, encouraging yield-seeking speculation in the financial markets. By definition, nominal GDP is equal to the monetary base multiplied by the “velocity” of the monetary base. Poor long-term market returns and severe interim losses are now baked in the cake as a result of obscene valuations.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 4, 2015

One is on Japan, one the US, and one on emerging markets with various overlaps in between. The debts of non-financial firms in emerging market economies quadrupled, from $4tn (£2.6tn) in 2004 to well over $18tn in 2014, according to the IMF’s twice-yearly Global Financial Stability Report. Let's start with Japan. Obama's Model.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 5, 2015

Investors who dismiss present market valuations by reflexively parroting the phrase “lower interest rates justify higher valuations” haven’t thought carefully about the problem or done the math, and that math is just basic arithmetic. [End If no-one can say when, then the ‘blue pill’ strategy has a major weakness.

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MishTalk

JUNE 9, 2015

In truth, however, there is no common definition of a balanced budget, and many states resort to short-term sleight of hand to make it appear that spending does not exceed revenue. percent from an 8 percent assumption in 2008, its funding level dropped to 95 percent from 101 percent. For example, when Utah shifted to a 7.75

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Harvard Business

JULY 18, 2017

The chart below shows the rate of change in the Digital Evolution Index over 2008-15 and how the UK performs in comparison to Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and the Nordic countries. At HBR, we believe that a well-designed index can provide useful insights, even though by definition it is a snapshot of a bigger picture. Only the U.S.

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MishTalk

APRIL 12, 2015

The most drastic fall took place with the unfavorable factors that indicate the real distress in the credit market. There is most definitely a credit crunch underway and it is now easy to determine what the prime factor is. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

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MishTalk

JANUARY 15, 2015

That paragraph stood out because Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets has made similar statements about interest rates in China. What cannot continue will not continue by definition. Advising clients to get out of the market or buy assets that are not rising in price is a damn hard thing to do. Take a look at Japan.

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MishTalk

APRIL 9, 2015

The first sentence in the Spiegel article reads " Back in 2008, the German solar manufacturing industry was riding the crest of a wave of growth fueled by generous subsidies and high demand. However, the definition of "was" requires one to go back to 1997 to see just that. Here is a second irony. Please check it out.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 7, 2023

Culture has been studied for many years resulting in many different models and definitions. A more simplified working definition of organizational culture is how things get done within the organization when no one is watching. Inequity and discrimination result from failure, one person at a time, one action at a time (Greenleaf, 2008).

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 20, 2015

In fact, in 2007-2008, Israel received the highest amount of venture funding per capita, which is more than any other nation in the world. In 2008, per capita venture capital investments in Israel were 2.5 The firm’s leadership set up a meeting with eBay, who thought they were the market leaders in terms of fraud detection.

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Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2017

Cross-border flows of digitally transmitted data have grown manifold, accounting for more than one-third of the increase in global GDP in 2014, even as the free-flow of goods and services and cross-border capital have ebbed in the aftermath of the 2008 recession. Digital players wield outsize market power. Digital markets are uneven.

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CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

While it sometimes seems that everyone wants to get into the top 3 strategy consulting firms McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Bain & Company (Bain), also known as MBB , it's worth noting that there are several other top consulting firms that can give a career a real boost. PricewaterhouseCoopers (Strategy&).

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Bernanke again paraded his lack of insight of the Fed’s leading role in causing the 2008 crisis. I believe the Fed and BoE have learned practically nothing from their previous mistakes and we are heading down exactly the same road to catastrophe as the financial markets creak and groan under the strain of QE-inspired, excess valuations.

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