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Can an Expense Be Profit?

Martinka Consulting

His primary motivation was he’s burned out and the driving force for the burn out is 2015 was not a good year financially. His balance sheet is a mess. appeared first on Martinka Consulting. Last month a friend referred me to a business owner wanting to sell his company. But this is not the point of the story.

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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. Here are the readings for 2015. Month/Year Current Conditions Expected Conditions 1/2015 7.78 7/2015 -14.92

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

Harvard Business

” Joe Knight, a partner and senior consultant at the Business Literacy Institute and the coauthor of Financial Intelligence , says that an absence of financial savvy is “career-limiting.” See More Videos > See More Videos > Tackle the balance sheet. “They need to see why it’s a good idea.”

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Seven Charts Explain Why Chicago Bonds Rated Junk

MishTalk

Chart #2: Growing Payments While the current state of the city’s balance sheet is dismal, the real problem relates to what is expected to develop over the next decade. Chicago pension plan payments are expected to double from 2014 to 2015, and will then continue to rise for another decade before they begin to decline.

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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

The central bank has been consulting executives of major banks about creating a deposit insurance mechanism and may announce a draft plan early next year, a source close to the situation said. In fact we can judge the effectiveness of Beijing’s implementation of the reforms by how rapidly growth declines over the 2014 and 2015.

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FOMC Minutes and Economic Projections: Dissent in Both Directions

MishTalk

percent for 2015. All participants saw the appropriate target for the federal funds rate at the end of 2015 as still well below their assessments of its expected longer-run value. Participants also described their views regarding the appropriate path of the Federal Reserves balance sheet. percent at the end of 2015.