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How the Financial World Adapts to Climate Change

Tom Spencer

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.

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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. percentage point to GDP growth in 2008 and 0.3

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

MishTalk

Finance reports Yellen strongly defends easy Fed policies, cites U.S. trillion shadow-banking system, trust financing has been key to fueling the nation’s 10 percent annual growth rate in the past decade by providing easy credit to companies considered too risky by banks. Part of China’s $7.5 trillion yuan ($1.8

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

MishTalk

Greek finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble has a sense of humor. Who knew Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany’s prickly finance minister, had a sense of humor? Dow Jones Newswires reported on the news conference. Today he said to U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew: I’ll Trade You Greece for Puerto Rico. would allow Greece to adopt the U.S.

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Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Labor Union Report. Bloomberg reports REITs Deepening Bond Losses as Leverage Forces Sales. NLY)’s Wellington Denahan, head of the largest mortgage real-estate investment trust, told investors less than three months ago that reports REITs could threaten U.S.

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Fed Study Finds 2 million in "Forced Retirement", 52% Cannot Afford an Unexpected $400 Expense

MishTalk

The survey found, for example, that 15% of those who had retired since 2008 had retired earlier than planned because of the downturn. Based on demographics, that translates into roughly 2 million more people retiring since 2008 than if the recession had not occurred. The Fed report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S.

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

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Labor Union Report. Der Spiegel now reports Greece on the Brink: Athens May Need 10 Billion More. According to a report by German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, the beleaguered country needs another massive influx of money if it is to avoid insolvency.