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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score. “Finance and accounting are very simple. .” “Finance and accounting are very simple. Overcome your fears.

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China Cash Crunch Eases, For How Long? Three Things China Needs to Avoid; When can Beijing Truly move to Market-Determined Interest Rates?

MishTalk

Banks, fund managers and other institutions in the interbank market will be able to trade the CDs, but non-financial companies and retail investors will be barred. Total credit in the economy (total social financing) showed a 40 per cent rise in November over the prior month and is on course for growth this year of almost 20 per cent.

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Descent of the Global Monetary System

Tom Spencer

For example, if the US government spends more than it collects in taxes, it can finance the budget deficit by selling bonds. This is a problem because it forces households and businesses to divert energy away from productive activity and towards managing and avoiding the cost of inflation. Most notably, food prices. Image: Pixabay.

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The Globalization Backlash Is Reverberating Through Boardrooms

Harvard Business

Meanwhile the Institute of International Finance forecasted net capital flows for emerging markets in 2015 would be negative for the first time since 1988. Each of these shifts have consequences for how today’s multinational corporations should manage themselves. And in 2014, Pfizer, the U.S.

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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

MishTalk

“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. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

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Pettis on Strains in China's Banking System; Avoiding the Fall

MishTalk

The interest rate burden on Chinese businesses and state-related entities has certainly been much higher in 2014 than it was for most of this century. They lower mortgage and consumer financing costs for households, who represent a substantial portion of total borrowing, allowing them greater spending power.

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Nifty-Fifty Becomes Fab-Five; Return of the "Four Horseman"; Ozone Layer

MishTalk

Congratulations, you went ahead in 2014. Fab-Five On November 16, Yahoo Finance reported How A Monster Year For Amazon, Google And Facebook Is Carrying The Stock Market. Mike "Mish" Shedlock Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Dell is now private.