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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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Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales

MishTalk

Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales. REITs Deepening Bond Losses as Leverage Forces Sales. Bloomberg reports REITs Deepening Bond Losses as Leverage Forces Sales. Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78). October 2008 (108). May 2008 (73).

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The Importance of Perspective

CaseInterview.com

It’s an insight that I shared with a few thousand CEOs during the 2008 to 2009 Great Recession. The old way of thinking: “We are better than our competitors, so we should be winning sales.”. It turns out that all of their sales and marketing materials were geared toward the message, “why buy from us vs. another direct competitor.”.

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Webinars: Your Best Promotional Tool

The Fearless Marketer

Well, about a week before we had attended a live presentation that this doctor gave on functional medicine. If we had visited her office without attending that presentation, I doubt very much that we would have parted with $6,000! We had a standing room only audience and I gave one of my best presentations ever.

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The Importance of Perspective

CaseInterview.com

It’s an insight that I shared with a few thousand CEOs during the 2008 to 2009 Great Recession. The old way of thinking: “We are better than our competitors, so we should be winning sales.”. It turns out that all of their sales and marketing materials were geared toward the message, “why buy from us vs. another direct competitor.”.

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Consultant Ninja: Thee Sunbeam method of Government Stimulus.

Consultant Ninja

After a quick spike of sales, future demand will be lower. So the effective cost per incremental new house sale was $43,000. 2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6%

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Consultant Ninja: Finally, two counter-cyclical markets: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Tuesday, November 11, 2008. After seeing so many markets down, my cousin in the hunting business informed me that gun sales have been surging, due to Obama winning the presidency. Tuesday, November 11, 2008. Presentation Zen. Finally, two counter-cyclical markets. Who knew he could stimulate the economy so quickly?