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What Motivates Business Leaders and Investors?

Tom Spencer

Buying shares in Hertz or Spirit Airlines in mid-March 2020 could have made sense if you reasonably believed that other speculators would push the price of these stocks higher. If you are investing in the stock market, then you want to find businesses that have both reliable management and a strong competitive advantage.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in the Middle East

Management Consulted

However, due to its rich history in the region, the firm knows the market deeper, better, and has the best government and private sector relationships. Dubai is one of the firm’s newest offices, and for good reason – the city is a hot spot for tourism, real estate investment, trade, transportation, and financial services.

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Consultant Ninja: America's "Lost Decade" of Housing: Management.

Consultant Ninja

I wonder if this is a good buying opportunity or the market will stay flat for some time ahead. Unless, we have some kind of new invention, some new economic development, we are unlikely to see rebound in the economy and/or real estate. Here is the relevant graph, showing huge inventory growth. Home Inventory Chart. Newer Post.

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Consultant Ninja: A Simple Question about the Credit Markets.

Consultant Ninja

A Simple Question about the Credit Markets. AJ: I totally agree that it massively shift market share from the sick banks to the healthy banks. But wouldnt that be a better market result than letting the sick banks keep their share? CI: Whats the problem if a few banks go under, as long as credit flow to the real economy remains?

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Consultant Ninja: US Industries in a World of S**t: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Industries in a World of S**t: 1) Investment Banking 2) Health Care 3) Auto Manufacturing 4) Defense Procurement 5) Management Consulting 6) Real Estate What other industries would make this list? Im not sure theres a structural shift in the consulting market. PS I wish this was an April Fools Joke, but sadly its not.

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Deflation Theory Reality Check: Why Inflation is Severely Understated; Feel Good Effect

MishTalk

If price of airline tickets drop will people stop flying? Asset Prices Asset prices, especially financial assets and real property, are another story. People, especially those in debt, will delay purchasing real estate if they expect better prices next year. I suggest a reality check. We already had it.

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3 Ways to Get Your Own Digital Platform

Harvard Business

Network businesses have always been around, from matchmakers to real estate brokers, but it’s the move to digital platforms that has led to market-shaking effects. Airline JetBlue has turned its Twitter account into a highly responsive, 24/7 customer service line. How Digital Business Models Are Changing.