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Consultant Ninja: When "hedging" is just speculation: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Wednesday, March 4, 2009. The Company’s cash flows and results of operations have been adversely impacted by these factors as indicated by its net loss of $5.3 billion during the year ended December 31, 2008. " - United Airlines 2008 10-K, 2 March 2009. March 4, 2009 at 9:54 PM. March 4, 2009 at 11:46 PM.

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China Faces "Minsky Moment" on Ponzi Financing

MishTalk

After the massive stimulus and more than doubling of new bank loans in 2009, the government attempted to stabilize credit growth, but the growth of the shadow banking system exploded instead. Our analysis indicates that China’s economy has arrived at that unstable state where speculative and Ponzi finance appear to dominate.

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Earnings Cheating Season: Is Your Favorite Company Cooking the Books?

MishTalk

A sharp decline in EPS optimism since 2009 has been consistent with previous hiatuses in financial markets. Is there a growing divergence between net income and operating cash-flow? Management has less flexibility to alter cash flow, whereas earnings can be stuffed for all sorts of "funnies". If so (i.e.

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SBA Acquisition Loans – A Win-Win-Win Especially for the Seller

Martinka Consulting

2009 - Were there any business acquisition loans? And, SBA loans are much safer than many other kinds of loans and, because SBA loans are considered “cash flow loans” (not requiring full collateral), they have better approval considerations. Who benefits? Buyers, banks and especially sellers! 5-year term, 5.5%

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Imagination Sets In

MishTalk

Negative Flow My friend Don Campbell pinged me with this comment the other day: " Nearly all public pension funds have a negative cash flow, meaning they pay out in benefits each year more than they receive in contributions. That's fine if assets have kept up with future payout liabilities and plans are close to fully funded.

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The Challenges GM Is Facing, and the Reasoning Behind Its Plant Closures

Harvard Business

While the job losses are a terrible blow to those workers and the families they support and the local economies where the factories are located, the decision could prevent the kind of crisis that resulted in it seeking bankruptcy protection in 2009 and a $50 billion bailout by the U.S. government. Given the shift in immediate U.S.

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

MishTalk

So refraining from any forecast of what will happen in the near term, it’s sufficient to observe that the economic data is not nearly as strong as widely perceived, and the impact of QE on stock prices does nothing to improve the underlying cash flows. 2009-12-09 Tech Ticker. 2009-10-30 King World News. oftwominds.