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Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?

MishTalk

What Has Government Done to Our Money? Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation? Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market. The risk premiums of risky securities have become unsustainably compressed in the process, and the Feds balance sheet has metastasized to $3.5 Home Builders.

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The Importance of Business Acumen for High Performance

LSA Global

It is not just the purview of finance to interpret the numbers that govern profit and loss; it behooves every employee to understand how and why the company makes money, spends money, and measures financial performance. Study the Balance Sheet. With term definitions in hand, analyze your company’s balance sheet.

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We Need to Approach AI Risks Like We Do Natural Disasters

Harvard Business

Like they have for extreme weather and natural disasters, companies can begin to establish international protocols and standards to govern AI not just within their own walls, but also to put in place processes to work with other companies, insurers, and policymakers. Intelligent Device Recovery Plans. AI International Protocols.

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Start of a Global Currency Crisis?

MishTalk

Now the governments of both Venezuela and Argentina have reacted – the former by introducing a ''second bolivar exchange rate'' for certain types of exchanges, the latter by stopping to defend the peso''s value in the markets by means of central bank interventions.

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The 3 Company Crises Boards Should Watch For

Harvard Business

Problem-finding boards understand the three drivers of ungoverned incompetence — a collapse of competence, shortcomings in self-governance, and inadequate corporate governance — and why they can be so hard to detect. To restore its balance sheet, it had to sell half the business. Collapse of Competence.

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

MishTalk

Government debt-to-GDP ratios have risen further; in several cases, they appear to be on an unsustainable path. Historical evidence shows that this rarely happens following a balance sheet recession. They are simply too slow-moving for policymakers and observers whose attention is focused on shorter-term output fluctuations.

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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

Key China Actions December 28: Rule tweak gives banks more room to lend January 22: Bank of China taps reverse repos to target demand February 4: Bank of China cuts reserve ration March 8: China announces trillion Yuan local government debt swap March 31: Survey shows average investor in rally did not finish high school April 15: GDP shows "only" 6.5%