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Bank Profitability: Decoding the Income Statement

Tom Spencer

Firstly, by outlining the major items on a bank’s income statement, and then by discussing key ratios that are commonly used to measure profitability and to estimate the market value for banks. It reflects the bank’s assessment of potential losses it may incur and its commitment to maintaining a strong balance sheet.

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Consultant Ninja: A Simple Question about the Credit Markets.

Consultant Ninja

Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. A Simple Question about the Credit Markets. Posted by Consultant Ninja. Consultant Ninja. Consultant Insider. Consultant Ninja.

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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

China''s Move to Market-Set Rates Let''s step back to December 8 and look at China Relaxes Grip on Interest Rates China is relaxing its grip on interest rates with the launch of a financial instrument that allows banks to trade deposits with each other at market-determined prices. China’s credit boom is still in full swing.

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Banks – Industry Overview

Tom Spencer

Historically, commercial banking and investment banking functions have been separated by law – these restrictions have since been repealed and larger banks tend to take on capital markets operations due to the complimentary nature of the businesses. In secondary markets, the sales & trading function operates as a market maker.

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Seven Charts Explain Why Chicago Bonds Rated Junk

MishTalk

By some calculations, the city is on the hook for as much as $63 billion when pensions, long-term notes, and health insurance obligations are included. 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.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: FHA Swamped By Defaults.

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Minyanville Business and Market News. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. But with the collapse of the housing market in 2007-08, much of that business returned to the FHA. Sitka Pacific.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Ritholtz on Gold and on.

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Minyanville Business and Market News. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Ritholtz on Gold and on Making Predictions; How Secular Bull Markets End; Winning vs. Investing. Sitka Pacific.

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