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2008 Financial Crisis – Causes and historical context

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Many an economics and finance course later, I see that the layers of complexities to the 2008 financial crisis are innumerable. Once the housing market began to collapse, mortgages defaulted, and MBS began to fail. Banks would rather store their money at the Fed than lend it to finance potentially risky projects.

Financial

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Hilarious Transcripts of Fed Minutes from 2008 Reveal Completely Clueless Fed

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

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.

Construction

Construction Conference Meeting Policies

How the Financial World Adapts to Climate Change

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Knowing the ins and outs of upcoming trends in finance is indispensable for any aspiring consultant. A prime example for such a question is how finance is adapting to the issue of climate change, and might assist its mitigation. Green Finance. Resilience Bonds. Final thoughts.

Financial

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Is the Stock Market in Big Trouble?

The Fearless Marketer

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Do you remember the stock market crash of 2008? On Monday, September 29, 2008. On Monday, September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. On Monday, September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. So, that week, I took 100% of my money out of the stock market and put it in cash.

Marketing

Marketing Banking Video Research

Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

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?

Marketing

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

MishTalk

AUGUST 7, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. 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. Automatic Earth.

Balance Sheet

Balance Sheet Marketing Real Estate Financial

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: China Acts to Calm Markets.

MishTalk

JUNE 25, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. 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.

Analysis

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

MishTalk

MARCH 31, 2014

Finance reports Yellen strongly defends easy Fed policies, cites U.S. 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.

Real Estate

Real Estate Finance Banking Policies

Emerging Market Contagion Spreads; Argentina, Venezuela, Turkey Roundup; 50% Tax on Internet Purchases

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

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Winning Isn’t Everything: The Art of Playing Well

Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2023

This idea has been echoed by some of the most influential figures in the business and finance world, including Professor Michael Porter, Michael Lewis, and Warren Buffett. As a result, the value of many of these securities plummeted to zero when the housing market crashed.

Ethics

Ethics Financial Cash Flow Real Estate

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Only Hope For Italy is.

MishTalk

JULY 25, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Montis government has made things worse, especially in the labor market. To grow need a functioning credit market.

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

Inside a Fortune 500 Boardroom

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In contrast, my favorite boardroom belonged to a clothing retail chain in California during the Great Recession of 2008. If you know finance, especially the finance of retail businesses, that’s nearly impossible. The company had suffered a 40% drop in sales. but was still profitable!

Case Interview

Case Interview Retail Finance Conference

Greek Finance Minister Proposes Greece for Puerto Rico Trade: Should US Accept the Offer?

MishTalk

JULY 9, 2015

Greek finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble has a sense of humor. Who knew Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany’s prickly finance minister, had a sense of humor? Those who preserved bills at home will receive a rate of 250 trillion to $1 for their 2008-issued notes and 250 to $1 for their 2009-issued notes. Today he said to U.S.

Finance

Finance Conference Enterprise Data

The age old tale of financial crises

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 25, 2018

The story of the 2008 financial crisis begins somewhere shortly after the death of Jesus Christ himself. The 2008 financial crisis saw Ben Bernanke, the then chairman of the Federal Reserve, providing money to banks across the United States following the collapse of the housing market and subsequent defaults of mortgage backed securities.

Financial

Financial Balance Sheet Banking Policies

Scranton Needs 117% Property Tax Hike to Balance Budget

MishTalk

JULY 23, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Scranton taxpayers could face a 117 percent increase in taxes next year as the citys finances continue to spiral out of control.

Real Estate

Real Estate Financial Advertising Case Interview

Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales

MishTalk

JULY 10, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. GoldMoney: The Best Way to Buy Gold & Silver. Dollar Collapse News on the Dollar's Death Spiral. Automatic Earth.

Sales

Sales Real Estate Financial Advertising

Smart Debt Engineering: Markets Giddy Over Greek Debt Proposal; ECB Nixes Plan Already; Party On Dudes

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Smart Debt Engineering The markets are giddy today over a Plan to End Debt Standoff released yesterday by Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis. Eurozone finance ministers are expected to hold emergency talks in Brussels on February 11 to discuss Mr Varoufakis’s plans. The euro rose.015 015 to 1.150.

Engineering

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: How to Lie Without Saying.

MishTalk

JULY 22, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Chancellor Merkel and finance Minister Schäuble have said Germany will not agree to a transfer union. Automatic Earth.

Analysis

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Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker to Resign Over Spy Scandal

MishTalk

JULY 10, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mr Juncker has been prime minister since 1995 and was head of the eurozone finance ministers group between 2005 and January 2013.

Real Estate

Real Estate Case Interview Financial Advertising

Illegal Public Seizure of Mortgages Via Eminent Domain

MishTalk

JULY 30, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. and DoubleLine Capital LP and at least 18 trade groups representing the finance industry, homebuilders and real estate firms.

Real Estate

Real Estate Case Interview Financial Advertising

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Greece Bans Protests.

MishTalk

JULY 17, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. GoldMoney: The Best Way to Buy Gold & Silver. Dollar Collapse News on the Dollar's Death Spiral. Automatic Earth.

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Expect Another "Bad Bank.

MishTalk

JULY 14, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. July 2008 (104).

Banking

Banking Analysis Trends Real Estate

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: FHA Swamped By Defaults.

MishTalk

JUNE 28, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. The dismal forecast has some bracing for another taxpayer-financed bailout. Abolish The Fed Sign the Petition. Big Picture.

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Case Interview

An Analysis of July Employment Numbers 1955 to 2013

MishTalk

AUGUST 3, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. July 2008 (104).

Analysis

Analysis Real Estate Financial Advertising

New Zealand’s Financial Crises Resilience

Tom Spencer

JULY 25, 2020

Flexible exchange rate, product and labour markets. Thankfully, median prices in the housing market remained reasonably high , with the growth of house prices stagnating only temporarily rather than falling. In 2008, the HPI contradicted Makhlouf and other median house price studies by showing a large decline in the value of housing.

Financial

Financial Policies Banking Comparison

Treasury Yields Surge Following Allegedly Good Data

MishTalk

AUGUST 1, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Nonetheless, the bond market has other ideas. Market Gets Message. GoldMoney: The Best Way to Buy Gold & Silver.

Data

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Consulting or Banking

Tom Spencer

MAY 8, 2016

People in the “investment banking” or “corporate finance” division typically help large organisations undertake merges and acquisitions. Risk management is a middle/front office role which assesses the market or credit risk assumed by the bank or its clients in a particular transaction.

Banking

Banking Consulting Comparison Finance

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Italy Faces Huge Losses on.

MishTalk

JUNE 26, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. Automatic Earth.

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

EU officials Give Greece Three Days to Deliver Reforms or Face

MishTalk

JULY 2, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. July 2008 (104).

Real Estate

Real Estate Financial Advertising Case Interview

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Former ECB Chief.

MishTalk

JULY 28, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. July 2008 (104).

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Portugal Uncorks Bottle of.

MishTalk

JULY 11, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. July 2008 (104).

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Police Investigate 'United.

MishTalk

JULY 11, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. July 2008 (104).

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Case Interview

Funniest and Most Absurd Real Estate Promotion in Years

MishTalk

JULY 26, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. July 2008 (104).

Real Estate

Real Estate Financial Advertising Case Interview

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Jewel Food Store Amazing.

MishTalk

JULY 16, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. July 2008 (104).

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

Carl the Robot Bartender Mixes Drinks and Chats With Customers

MishTalk

JULY 29, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. July 2008 (104).

Real Estate

Real Estate Case Interview Financial Advertising

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: About that "Beat the Street.

MishTalk

JULY 31, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. July 2008 (104).

Trends

Trends Analysis Real Estate Financial

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: China Declares War on.

MishTalk

JULY 4, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. And that is bad news for an industry whose sales in their home markets is already complicated by the financial crisis.

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Avalanche of City Debt.

MishTalk

JULY 19, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. July 2008 (104).

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Economic Recovery in.

MishTalk

JULY 31, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. July 2008 (104).

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

Gold Correction Over? - Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

MishTalk

JULY 11, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Gold Jumps Nearly $50 as Market Digests Non-News From Fed; Gold Correction Over? Abolish The Fed Sign the Petition.

Analysis

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: European Car Sales.

MishTalk

JULY 18, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Among the five largest markets, only the U.K. Among smaller markets, sales plunged 42.7% Automatic Earth. Daily Bell.

Analysis

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Liquidity Insurance

MishTalk

JANUARY 23, 2014

per cent in the 12 months to October, according to Factset, a market data company that compiles a consensus of analysts’ forecasts. Nick Nelson, an equity strategist at UBS, said: “ Chief executives and chief financial officers have been battle-scarred by 2008-09, when they couldn’t get financing when they wanted it.

Insurance

Insurance Insurance Deloitte Financial

China Attempts to Prop Up Stock Market After Steep Declines; 1929 Flashback

MishTalk

JULY 6, 2015

The overheated Shanghai and Shenzhen markets have lost 29 and 32 per cent respectively over the past three weeks following 7-year highs reached on June 12. Instead of welcoming a much needed correction, Chinese brokerages and the Bank of China agreed to prop up the market. Trillion Market Rout. per cent at open.

Marketing

Marketing Banking Finance System

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Obama's HAMP Program a.

MishTalk

JULY 24, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. July 2008 (104).

Trends

Trends Analysis Real Estate Case Interview

2008 Financial Crisis – Causes and historical context

Hilarious Transcripts of Fed Minutes from 2008 Reveal Completely Clueless Fed

Trending Sources

How the Financial World Adapts to Climate Change

Is the Stock Market in Big Trouble?

Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

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

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: China Acts to Calm Markets.

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

Emerging Market Contagion Spreads; Argentina, Venezuela, Turkey Roundup; 50% Tax on Internet Purchases

Winning Isn’t Everything: The Art of Playing Well

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Only Hope For Italy is.

Inside a Fortune 500 Boardroom

Greek Finance Minister Proposes Greece for Puerto Rico Trade: Should US Accept the Offer?

The age old tale of financial crises

Scranton Needs 117% Property Tax Hike to Balance Budget

Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales

Smart Debt Engineering: Markets Giddy Over Greek Debt Proposal; ECB Nixes Plan Already; Party On Dudes

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: How to Lie Without Saying.

Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker to Resign Over Spy Scandal

Illegal Public Seizure of Mortgages Via Eminent Domain

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Greece Bans Protests.

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Expect Another "Bad Bank.

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: FHA Swamped By Defaults.

An Analysis of July Employment Numbers 1955 to 2013

New Zealand’s Financial Crises Resilience

Treasury Yields Surge Following Allegedly Good Data

Consulting or Banking

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Italy Faces Huge Losses on.

EU officials Give Greece Three Days to Deliver Reforms or Face

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Former ECB Chief.

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Portugal Uncorks Bottle of.

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Police Investigate 'United.

Funniest and Most Absurd Real Estate Promotion in Years

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Jewel Food Store Amazing.

Carl the Robot Bartender Mixes Drinks and Chats With Customers

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: About that "Beat the Street.

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: China Declares War on.

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Avalanche of City Debt.

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Economic Recovery in.

Gold Correction Over? - Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: European Car Sales.

Liquidity Insurance

China Attempts to Prop Up Stock Market After Steep Declines; 1929 Flashback

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Obama's HAMP Program a.

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