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Bank Valuation: Understanding Key Ratios and Metrics

Tom Spencer

A higher ratio of fee income implies less traditional credit risk and less balance sheet usage (therefore higher ROE) but also implies greater market risk related to securities portfolios and potentially higher revenue volatility related to volatility in capital markets. Valuation Metrics Price-to-earnings (P/E) Price-to-book (P/B) 2.1

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Bank Profitability: Decoding the Income Statement

Tom Spencer

The interest rate set by the central bank serves as a benchmark or reference rate for banks. It reflects the bank’s assessment of potential losses it may incur and its commitment to maintaining a strong balance sheet. Banks typically adjust their lending rates based on the central bank’s policy rate.

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BIS Slams the Fed; Ridiculous Question of the Day: "Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse?"

MishTalk

In crisis-hit countries, it is unrealistic to expect the level of output to return to its pre-crisis trend. Historical evidence shows that this rarely happens following a balance sheet recession. Moreover, even the prospects for restoring trend growth are not bright. Moreover, the investment weakness may be overstated.

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Reflections on 2013; What's Important, What's Not? What's Ahead?

MishTalk

Had I suggested in 2007 that the Fed balance sheet expansion of $75 billion a month would have been considered "tightening" people would have thought I was nuts. Given there shouldn''t be a Fed in the first place, it would be more accurate to state " Yellen and Summers are uniquely unqualified for the job ". Here we are. The broad U.S.