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Greece Will Default in May Without Another Bailout or Change in Terms

MishTalk

JANUARY 17, 2014

Cash flow analysis shows Greece is in serious trouble again in spite of having a current account surplus. Greece Bailout Cash Flow Even this game is in trouble now as Greek Cash Flow Charts show. The total payments due in 2014 are €31.6bn. I use the words "will default" imprecisely. It didn’t.

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Interest Rates Lower; Business Prices Higher

Martinka Consulting

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

June 2014 , Mergers & Acquisitions magazine has an article titled “Loosening Up” that discusses how intense competition has forced lenders to be more aggressive on pricing (lower) and have covenant-lite loans. or 4, times cash flow” won’t get the deal when the bank will lend that amount or more.

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A Refresher on Marketing ROI

Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2017

Companies spend a lot on marketing communications. trillion in 2014. And more fundamentally, does marketing actually work? Marketing ROI analysis can help answer those questions. What is Marketing ROI, and How Do Companies Use It? Comparing marketing efficiency with competitors. Juan Díaz-Faes for HBR.

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Imagination Sets In

MishTalk

AUGUST 28, 2015

Annual Update Between the end of 2007 and end of 2014, pension plan assets rose from $3.29 S&P 500 2007-12-31 to 2014-12-31 In the same timeframe, the S&P 500 rose from 1489.36 Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. trillion to $3.71

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

Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2018

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market. The soaring U.S.

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2016 ECS Value Creators Report: Building Endurance

BCG

OCTOBER 26, 2016

lthough the engineering, construction, and services (ECS) industry continues to lag substantially behind the broader market, a doom-and-gloom outlook is by no means warranted. Japan and China are robust markets for ECS value creation. Companies in developed markets are struggling. Report Wednesday, October 26, 2016.

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The End-of-Quarter Sales Rush Costs Companies Money

Harvard Business

AUGUST 25, 2017

The market is pushing companies to hit incredibly high numbers, quarter after quarter and month after month. companies over nine consecutive quarters (Q1 2014 through Q1 2016). Ask any organization what’s happening in the sales department on the last few days of the month and the entire last week of any fiscal quarter.

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3 Things Driving Entrepreneurial Growth in Africa

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

In 2014 we described what Western investors want from African entrepreneurs. Firms are realizing what microfinance has known for a while: Local self-policing groups, or village headmen who police honor codes, can hedge cash flows in far-flung places. A realistic approach to making money might strike some as humdrum.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. “Stranded assets” are investments that become obsolete due to regulatory, environmental, or market constraints. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management.

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The Case for Stock Buybacks

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” And in 2014, HBR published a lengthy feature critical of the practice. A comprehensive survey of financial executives concluded that “repurchases are made out of the residual cash flow after investment spending.” Such a nefarious use of corporate funds makes for great headlines.

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"Stock Market Is Overvalued By 100%" Says John Hussman in Chris Martenson Interview; Financial Repression Revisited

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Guest Post from Peak Prosperity In an exclusive interview of John Hussman by Peak Prosperity''s Chris Martenson, Hussman says Stock Market Is Overvalued By 100%. Chris Martenson : John Hussman is highly respected for his prodigious use of data and adherence to what it tells him about the state of the financial markets.

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We Tracked Every Dollar 235 U.S. Households Spent for a Year, and Found Widespread Financial Vulnerability

Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2017

The lack of access to stable, predictable cash flows is the hard-to-see source of much of today’s economic insecurity. Financial Diaries (USFD), an unprecedented study to collect detailed cash flow data for U.S. From 2012 to 2014 we set up research sites in 10 communities across the country. households.

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Shockingly Bad Fiscal Health of Chicago (and the Financial Engineering Chicago Uses to Hide that Fact)

MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

trillion muni market had puzzled at the true identity of Bond Girl, Hector Negroni, co-founder of New York-based investing firm Fundamental Credit Opportunities, said in a telephone interview. “ It is not a balance sheet test, but a cash flow test. Buyers and traders in the $3.7 Chicago CUSIPs are listed here.

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Time to Short the US Dollar? Go Long Commodities?

MishTalk

AUGUST 22, 2014

The headline call was and remains that Germany will be close to recession by Q4-2014 or Q1-2015 setting up a desperate ECB and a Europe once again close to zero growth instead of the “escape velocity” everyone and their dog promised you and me in December and January. The US average GDP the last five years has been 2.0%.

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Finally, Proof That Managing for the Long Term Pays Off

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Among the firms we identified as focused on the long term, average revenue and earnings growth were 47% and 36% higher, respectively, by 2014, and market capitalization grew faster as well. public market capitalization over this period. The differences were dramatic. Earnings quality: Accruals as a share of revenue.

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How U.S. Hospitals and Health Systems Can Reverse Their Sliding Financial Performance

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The root cause is twofold: a mismatch between organizations’ strategies and actual market demand, and a lack of operational discipline. After a modest surge in inpatient admissions from the Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansion in the fall of 2014, hospitals have settled in to a lengthy period of declining hospital admissions.

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Greece Will Default in May Without Another Bailout or Change in Terms

Interest Rates Lower; Business Prices Higher

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A Refresher on Marketing ROI

Imagination Sets In

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

2016 ECS Value Creators Report: Building Endurance

The End-of-Quarter Sales Rush Costs Companies Money

3 Things Driving Entrepreneurial Growth in Africa

The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

The Case for Stock Buybacks

"Stock Market Is Overvalued By 100%" Says John Hussman in Chris Martenson Interview; Financial Repression Revisited

We Tracked Every Dollar 235 U.S. Households Spent for a Year, and Found Widespread Financial Vulnerability

Shockingly Bad Fiscal Health of Chicago (and the Financial Engineering Chicago Uses to Hide that Fact)

Time to Short the US Dollar? Go Long Commodities?

Finally, Proof That Managing for the Long Term Pays Off

How U.S. Hospitals and Health Systems Can Reverse Their Sliding Financial Performance

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