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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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Apple's Balance Sheet Math: Does Apple Really Have $203 Billion in Usable Cash on Hand as Widely Reported?

MishTalk

Current Liabilities Cash Much Smaller Than You Think I don't often dive into balance sheets, but did so after reading a Market-Watch opinion by Brett Arends. Apple may face even more pressure to do something productive with its $200 billion war chest instead of letting it collect dust in Ireland and other tax havens. "

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Swiss Gold Referendum in Perspective

MishTalk

After the implementation of the EURCHF floor, gold’s share of the SNB balance sheet has fallen to 7.5% from around 30% in 2007 (top chart) [SNB Balance Sheet]. Total global production in 2013 was 2,982 tonnes, thus the SNB would need to buy at least 10% of the annual production every year for the next 5 years.

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Greek default in all but name - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

Over the last few decades, countless risky financial products were sold to investors using harmless sounding terms like “credit default swap”, “mortgage backed security”, “special purpose vehicle” and “off-balance sheet financing”. Business Strategy. Copyright © 2013 Tom Spencer. Graduate Consulting Group.

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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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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

MishTalk

factory activity grew last month at its slowest pace since May 2013 as manufacturers pared their stockpiles and cut jobs. Third-quarter Gross Domestic Product grew at a 1.5 Overoptimism 2011-2013 A notable feature of the SEP growth forecasts for 2011 through 2013 are the extremely high starting values—around 4% or higher.

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Back in the Saddle, Just in the Nick of Time

MishTalk

Ally isn’t expected to start offering risky products the way GMAC did, according to Jeff Davis at Mercer Capital. In 2013, Ally agreed to contribute $1.95 As of June 30, 2013, Ally ceased new mortgage loan originations, the company said at the time.

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