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Why Financial Statements Don’t Work for Digital Companies

Harvard Business

Similarly, Microsoft paid $26 billion for loss-making LinkedIn in 2016, and Facebook paid $19 billion for WhatsApp in 2014 when it had no revenues or profits. In contrast, industrial giant GE’s stock price has declined by 44 % over the last year, as news emerged about its first losses in last 50 years.

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Former Fed Governor Thomas Hoenig Says US Banks Undercapitalized, Unsafe, and Unsound

MishTalk

percent of assets at the end of 2014, well above required regulatory minimums. percent at the end of 2014. Thomas Hoenig on State of US Banks Let''s take a look at April 2 statements by Thomas Hoenig in the FDIC Release of Fourth Quarter 2014 Global Capital Index. Fed officials seem to think so. They should think again.

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War Between Spain and Germany Erupts Over Next Round of Watered Down Stress Tests; Germany Complains About the "Carry Trade"

MishTalk

Draghiz e: "The test is credible because the ultimate purpose of it is to restore or strengthen private sector confidence in the soundness of the banks, in the quality of their balance sheets" Mish : The test is credible because we say it is. French reluctance is justified by the enormous exposure with their banks in recent years. "And

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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

MishTalk

Of course, there is also persistent overoptimism about earnings growth and stock market expectations. Trucking Industry Entering a Profit-Killing Era of Overcapacity? Trucking Industry Entering a Profit-Killing Era of Overcapacity? So far, the industry does not appear to be doing that. The Fed never sees them coming.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

How did we get here, and what does it mean for the industry? That deal sent the price of Brent crude oil to above $70 a barrel in January, after the industry that had suffered through $54 per barrel oil on average in 2017. The recent price swings highlight a new era of uncertainty gripping the world’s energy markets.

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Descent of the Global Monetary System

Tom Spencer

Money is not really respected in academia, and so most of the attention tends to focus on other topics: the interaction between buyers and sellers, the structure of industries, statistical modelling, the valuation of financial assets, and so on. In March, American food prices rose at their fastest rate since 2014.

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

MishTalk

Nonetheless, the long bear market of the 1970s that lasted until 1982 caused valuations of the nifty fifty to fall to low levels along with the rest of the market, with most of the Nifty-Fifty under-performing the broader market averages. Congratulations, you went ahead in 2014. It opened the year 2000 at $50.40.