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Bank Profitability: Decoding the Income Statement

Tom Spencer

Tracking operating efficiency is important but you should focus on trends over time rather than comparing absolute numbers among banks because operating efficiency is heavily influenced by business mix and does not take into account capital requirements or risk. Image 3: Illustrative example of a bank’s operating expenses 4.

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Consultant Ninja: A Simple Question about the Credit Markets.

Consultant Ninja

Heres my understanding of the current TARP/TARPII/PPIP/etc plans: The major "sick" banks wont lend to businesses, because their balance sheets are tied up with bad assets that they cant sell. Isnt also true that providing funds to the sick banks also insures they dont go under? A Simple Question about the Credit Markets.

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Descent of the Global Monetary System

Tom Spencer

The principal goal of the Bretton Woods System was to create an efficient foreign exchange system in order to promote trade and economic growth while at the same time preventing countries from engaging in competitive currency devaluations. In America, the FDIC insures each depositor for up to US$250,000.

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Banks – Industry Overview

Tom Spencer

In secondary markets, the sales & trading function operates as a market maker. Translated into plain English, asset sensitive means margins expand when the Federal Funds rate increases, as the interest income from assets on the balance sheet increase faster than liabilities. Commercial vs Retail Banking.

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