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

MishTalk

Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation? Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market. The risk premiums of risky securities have become unsustainably compressed in the process, and the Feds balance sheet has metastasized to $3.5 Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?

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Back in the Saddle, Just in the Nick of Time

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Ally isn’t expected to start offering risky products the way GMAC did, according to Jeff Davis at Mercer Capital. In 2012, Ally announced that it was going to shutter its mortgage business after the conclusion of ResCap’s bankruptcy proceedings. In May 2012, Ally executives said they planned to sell off $1.3

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Michael Pettis on the China.

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The most important effect is likely to be on demand for wealth management products. But one way or another we do have to write down the huge hidden losses in the country’s balance sheet, and this will mean not a collapse but rather many years of Japanese-style slow growth as the system grinds its way though its excesses.

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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

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Third-quarter Gross Domestic Product grew at a 1.5 My personal belief is the trucking industry needs to realize production of goods will have ups and downs,” Satish Jindel, principal of SJ Consulting , which closely tracks industry pricing, told Logistics Management. in October from 50.2 in September. A study by Alessi, et al.

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Research Shows That Smaller M&A Deals Work Out Better

Harvard Business

Walter Thompson Company for $566 million in 1987 and Ogilvy for $864 million in 1989 — big acquisitions that stretched the company’s balance sheet. Strength of productivity program. This means improving productivity at a rate sufficient to put you in at least the top 30% of your industry.

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business

The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012, exited legacy businesses and sold off its patents before re-emerging as a sharply smaller company in 2013. It sold the site to Shutterfly as part of its bankruptcy plan for less than $25 million in April 2012. People went from printing pictures to sharing them online.

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What the Companies That Predict the Future Do Differently

Harvard Business

No wonder, then, that executives have placed predictive analytics at the top of the executive agenda since 2012, according to a recent Accenture survey. The manufacturer notifies the customer, which pulls the machine off line and repairs it, saving millions of dollars in lost production and damage to its brand.

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