Tom Spencer

MARCH 6, 2012

Bremmer highlights the importance of LIBOR by explaining that it is “a key benchmark rate that affects the price of $350 trillion worth of securities and loans around the world.” ” Indeed, the British Banker’s Association notes that LIBOR “is the primary benchmark for short term interest rates globally.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Hi Mish I was thinking that margin calls would be made after today and could pull the market down further by Friday. Also your article Stock Buybacks Peaked With Stock Market in 2007: History About to Repeat? Thanks, Rob Bond Market vs. Equities Generally I stay away from short-term prognosis. That''s an even bigger move.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 1, 2014

There was a sharp sell-off in the benchmark Merval stock index after Mr Fábrega’s departure was announced. Black Market Rate Shows 78% Decline The black market exchange rate is about 14 pesos to the dollar. Here''s a Black Market exchange rate chart form the Wall Street Journal as of the end of August. tonnes in 2013.

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MishTalk

MAY 12, 2014

Please consider In Gundlach’s ‘No Normal’ World, Treasuries Can’t Lose Jeffrey Gundlach, the star fixed-income manager whose mutual fund beat 97 percent of its rivals the past three years, has a simpler explanation for why investors have gotten the bond market so wrong this year: the aging of America. percent in the coming decade from 1.2

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

Today, Booz Allen Hamilton and Booz & Company still reign in the federal sector – they own the highest percentage of the market in the government sector. The focus of this article is on Booz & Company because of its focus on strategy. The practice areas of Booz & Company include: Strategy and Leadership.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 11, 2016

The overnight CNH Hibor, a daily benchmark for offshore renminbi interbank lending, hit a record-high 13.4 per cent on Monday, up from 4 per cent on Friday and the highest level since the benchmark was launched in 2013. China found that out with ill-advised attempts to shore up its stock markets. per cent to 11.2

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MishTalk

APRIL 26, 2014

Russian Markets Have Worst Week Since Crimea. On Friday, April 25th, Russia’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 7.5 per cent in 2013, the slowest pace of growth since a 2009 recession. Ukraine and Russia remain in the spotlight this weekend. Here are the top stories.

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MishTalk

MAY 28, 2015

On May 13, Moody's shocked the municipal bond market by downgrading Chicago to junk. Kristi Culpepper, AKA "Bond Girl" comments on the event in What Chicago’s Fiscal Emergency says about the Quality of Credit Analysis in the Municipal Bond Market. Rating actions tend to lag the market rather than lead it. of revenue.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 15, 2014

Even though Singapore is no longer an emerging market nation, I consider its bubble economy to be part of the overall emerging markets bubble that I have been warning about due to its strategic role and locationin Southeast Asia, which is also known as ASEAN (Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations).

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Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2018

From targeted online advertising to more precise recommendation engines, consumer markets are bursting with innovation around machine learning and advanced analytics. Data-Driven Marketing. The service provides benchmarks and insights to ensure sustainable, cost-effective improvements in blast performance. Insight Center.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 13, 2015

The spread collapsed to parity in July of 2013, but surged to a 22.5% But, almost unnoticed, the market has started to price a return to the parity between the two benchmarks in five years. Indeed, the company says it could be moving oil by late 2013 or early 2014. premium late last year.

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MishTalk

MAY 29, 2014

As Millennials became a larger and larger share of the marketplace, the idea of “cause marketing” has evolved from a nascent promotional strategy to the key differentiator, not only in deciding what to buy, but who to trust and reward with brand loyalty. Cone’s 2013 survey of over 1,200 U.S.

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MishTalk

MAY 4, 2015

To get a sense of the magnitude of the property tax increases necessary to move to full funding of annual pension payments, Nuveen Asset Management analyzed the 2013 property tax levies, pension payments and Annual Pension Costs (APC) for Chicago and its overlapping taxing districts as reported in their respective audited financial statements.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 14, 2015

Yield Curve as of 2015-01-14 click on chart for sharper image Huge Rally on Long End Duration Color 12/31/2013 2015-01-14 PP Difference 30-Year Red 3.96 Spreads Spread 12/31/2013 2015-01-14 Spread Shrinkage 30Yr 10Yr 0.92 The bond market does not believe the recovery will strengthen and neither do I. 2.47 -1.49 10-Year Orange 3.04

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MishTalk

JANUARY 12, 2014

It also highlights a race to stake out promising new technology markets, as fields such as “wearable” computing become the next frontiers for growth. “ Google was assigned 1,920 patents in 2013, according to a review of the US Patent and Trademark Office database. Hopefully we can learn from the smartphone litigation.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 26, 2014

While the benchmark deposit rate was officially lowered from 3.00% to 2.75%, the upper limit that banks can pay for deposits remained unchanged at 3.30%. It may seem strange to have both a benchmark rate and a “floating range” that establishes a cap, instead of just setting a cap, as was the case until very recently.

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MishTalk

MAY 6, 2014

Historical and Estimated Healthcare Premiums Employer Healthcare Contributions Average Healthcare Premiums Using Its Proprietary Model, Global Market Intelligence Calculates Significant Cost Savings Potential For U.S. This model assesses the impact on both employees and corporate America, benchmarked by S&P 500 member companies.

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MishTalk

MARCH 1, 2015

Di Reilly, owner of Mary’s Commercial Hotel on Dalby’s Cunningham St, said much had changed since 2013 when thirsty miners packed into the pub every Friday and Saturday night. “We One real estate agent said “a hell of a lot” of property was on the market – about 400 houses were for rent or sale and buyers were scarce.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Either way, it’s an unorthodox choice that has distorted financial markets and triggered warnings that the strategy could backfire. Federal Reserve chair, said at her confirmation hearing in November 2013 that even a deposit rate that’s positive but close to zero could disrupt the money markets that help fund financial institutions.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 26, 2015

It is derived directly from carriers’ financial and operational data and provides a vital benchmarking tool for both carriers and shippers. per mile in 2013. Average driver wage per mile was 44 cents in 2013, up from 42 cents the previous year. It found the average marginal cost per mile was $1.68 That compared with $1.45

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Australian Government on Brink of Collapse Conservatives swept into power into Australia in September of 2013 in the biggest Labour rout in history. In December of 2013 I wrote Australia''s Alleged Conservatives Surrender to Unions; Currency Madness Everywhere. Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets has been saying the same thing.

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MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

The BIS slam, coupled with a recent stock market selloff, brought up debate on a " controlled collapse ". Over the past few years, non-financial corporations in a number of EMEs have borrowed heavily through their foreign affiliates in the capital markets, with the debt denominated mainly in foreign currency.

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