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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Reader Question: Does the.

MishTalk

Minyanville Business and Market News. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Reader Question: Does the Fed Balance Sheet Properly Reflect QE Announcements? Feds Balance Sheet.

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The Cantillon Effect

Tom Spencer

Central banks pursue “inflation at any cost” in order to oil the wheels of the credit markets. In 2020, the Fed has galloped over the precipice, increasing its balance sheet by around $2.8 Both events were a surprise to the champagne sipping elites in San Francisco, New York and London.

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Maximum Overweight High Yield?

MishTalk

Corporate balance sheets are in excellent shape, and there is still an ample cash cushion available to fund operations in the event of a growth setback. Might the market start pricing in an expectation of higher defaults even if defaults themselves do not soar? Potential Risks What about the risks?

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2008 Financial Crisis – Causes and historical context

Tom Spencer

The senior slices of a CDO were considered to be safer because they had first priority on cash flows received from the pool of mortgages in the event of default. Once the housing market began to collapse, mortgages defaulted, and MBS began to fail. These repackaged securities were called collateralized debt obligations (CDOs).

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Do You Know What Your Company’s Data Is Worth?

Harvard Business

Data contributes not only to brand equity, but to what constitutes product and service delivery in globally connected and hyper-competitive markets. To analyze EvD, determining the relative importance of data to an enterprise’s balance sheet, its ability to effectively compete, and its operational capabilities is a good place to start.

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ECB's €40bn Stimulus Gamble: ECB Pulls Out Bazooka, Cuts Rates, Buys Assets; Will this Stimulate Lending?

MishTalk

Governing Council decided today to lower the interest rate on the main refinancing operations of the Eurosystem by 10 basis points to 0.05% and the rate on the marginal lending facility by 10 basis points to 0.30%. Judging from today''s reaction, the market may not have expected this big of an announcement. Anyone really believe that?

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market. The soaring U.S.