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Greek default in all but name - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

Definitions. In your author’s opinion, the writedown of Greek debt falls clearly within the S&P definition of sovereign default. Undeterred however by rating agency definitions, European leaders have characterised the writedown as a voluntary “ private-sector involvement ” or PSI. Helpful Links. in Economics.

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The Importance of Business Acumen for High Performance

LSA Global

Study the Balance Sheet. With term definitions in hand, analyze your company’s balance sheet. Become familiar with what a typical balance looks like and what it can tell you about the financial state of a business. EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization). Operating income.

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940 Chinese Firms Halt Trading; China Allows Houses as Margin, Bans Use of Term "Equity Disaster"; Two Rules, Two Questions

MishTalk

Haitong Securities said late on Monday it would allocate Rmb15bn ($2.4bn) to tracker funds to help “maintain stable development” of the equity market. In addressing the real estate market bubble, Beijing has opted to keep insolvent developers alive by forcing their lenders to roll over the loans.

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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business

But platforms and networks can be developed in many different ways. Note that people often get hung up on definitions of “platform” these days. For most companies intellectual property is something that sits on their balance sheet. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide. Sponsored by DXC Technology.

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Bulls and Bears Debate China: Property Bubble Expands Again; GDP Growth Picks Up; Economic Recovery Underway? No Says Michael Pettis

MishTalk

A series of land sales have set record prices since August, with real estate developers ramping up their competition for the best plots in the biggest cities. This means that the foreign currency reserves are simply the asset side of a balance sheet against which there are liabilities. China Rich in Reserves. Pettis on GDP.

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Pettis Proposes Savings Glut and Income Inequality are Source of Global Imbalances; Mish vs. Pettis: I Respectfully Disagree

MishTalk

This model rests on an understanding of how distortions in the savings rates of different countries have driven the great trade and balance-sheet distortions with which we are wrestling today, just as they have in most previous global crises, including those of the 1870s, the 1930s, and the 1970s. I suggest "something else".

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

MishTalk

Barring some new developments — like all the gold in Fort Knox becoming irradiated — I do not expect to see a resumption of the 2001-11 uptrend. As a staunch deflationist, as well as someone who is definitely not agnostic regarding gold, I am proof enough. That is likely to present your next and perhaps last best exit.

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