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

MishTalk

Wednesday, August 07, 2013 3:40 AM. 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 Trading Psychology Weblog.

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Greek default in all but name - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

This is clever politicking because a “private-sector involvement” sounds like a positive development. Copyright © 2013 Tom Spencer. Undeterred however by rating agency definitions, European leaders have characterised the writedown as a voluntary “ private-sector involvement ” or PSI. Categories. Select Category.

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Why Financial Statements Don’t Work for Digital Companies

Harvard Business

Twitter reported a loss of $79 million before its IPO, yet it commanded a valuation of $24 billion on its IPO date in 2013. This becomes clear when you look at a company’s two most important financial statements: the balance sheet and the income statement. Let’s first look at the balance sheet.

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BIS Slams the Fed; Ridiculous Question of the Day: "Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse?"

MishTalk

Gross issuance in the high-yield bond market alone soared to $90 billion per quarter in 2013 from a pre-crisis quarterly average of $30 billion. In the syndicated loan market, for instance, credit granted to lower-rated leveraged borrowers (leveraged loans) exceeded 40% of new signings for much of 2013.

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Seven Charts Explain Why Chicago Bonds Rated Junk

MishTalk

Chart #2: Growing Payments While the current state of the city’s balance sheet is dismal, the real problem relates to what is expected to develop over the next decade. For fiscal 2013, Chicago’s various pension plans were assuming annual rates of returns ranging from 7.5 Per capita income estimate is for Cook County.

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

MishTalk

Thursday, June 27, 2013 2:46 PM. Chinese financial markets often seem less volatile than one would expect for a poor, developing country, largely because of administrative measures that intentionally or unintentionally suppress normal volatility. the country’s balance sheet, and this will mean not a collapse but.

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FOMC Minutes and Economic Projections: Dissent in Both Directions

MishTalk

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 2:41 PM. Following is a snip from the June 18-19, 2013 Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee , released today. Going forward, he viewed it as particularly important for the Committee to monitor price developments closely and to adapt its policy in response to incoming economic information.