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Swiss Gold Referendum in Perspective

MishTalk

Switzerland Gold Initiative Halt all Swiss National Bank (SNB) gold sales Repatriate Swiss gold held in foreign vaults (UK and Canada) Establishes minimum 20% level of SNB Assets in gold Of course, central bankers everywhere are horrified by the idea they should have to do anything, especially hold sound assets.

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Reflections on 2013; What's Important, What's Not? What's Ahead?

MishTalk

Had I suggested in 2007 that the Fed balance sheet expansion of $75 billion a month would have been considered "tightening" people would have thought I was nuts. 2013 is likely to be the tip of the bubble belief in Merkel. At long last, the Fed has finally started to taper. Here we are. Spain''s unemployment is a massive 26%.

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Repair Regulations: Limiting Business Deductions

Women in Consulting

By: Renee Daggett In September 2013, the IRS released new rules regarding expensing repairs/supplies and depreciating assets. into office supplies, these items must now be put on the balance sheet and depreciated and tracked. Any purchase of non-consumable items over $200 must be separately tracked and depreciated.

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Would a Bund by any other name smell as sweet?

Tom Spencer

Firstly, the German Debt Agency ( Finanzagentur ) normally retains part of any new Bund offer, so a partial sale of Bunds is pretty standard. Thirdly, European banks are currently focused on building their balance sheets not on lending. Copyright © 2013 Tom Spencer. Secondly, German Bunds are expensive. Categories.

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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. Sales of Class 8 heavy trucks are on pace for one of the best years in history - around 260,000 units in North America. The Institute for Supply Management’s index of factory activity slipped to 50.1 in September.

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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. You meet the bar on this lever if you are among the top 20% in your industry in your ratio of capital spending to sales. So WPP acquired the ad agencies J.