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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. The biggest swing in operating expenses is likely to be variable compensation. Image 3: Illustrative example of a bank’s operating expenses 4.

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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. What Has Government Done to Our Money? China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Reader Question: Does the Fed Balance Sheet Properly Reflect QE Announcements?

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The age old tale of financial crises

Tom Spencer

The 2008 financial crisis saw Ben Bernanke, the then chairman of the Federal Reserve, providing money to banks across the United States following the collapse of the housing market and subsequent defaults of mortgage backed securities. Will humanity ever learn its lesson? The US Federal Reserve spent around 3.7

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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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ECB's Targeted Lending Spree Starts Out As Flop; Modern Monetary Insanity

MishTalk

Following on the "success" of the ECB''s LTRO (Long Term Refinance Operation) which did nothing to spur lending and everything to create the biggest sovereign bond bubble the world has ever seen, ECB president Mario Draghi announced a TLTRO or Targeted LTRO on September 4. The ECB''s intent is to spur lending. With inflation as low as 0.4

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

MishTalk

The BIS slam, coupled with a recent stock market selloff, brought up debate on a " controlled collapse ". Government debt-to-GDP ratios have risen further; in several cases, they appear to be on an unsustainable path. Increased risk-taking also manifested itself in other credit market segments.

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The Globalization Backlash Is Reverberating Through Boardrooms

Harvard Business

As a practical matter, for example, these changes in the global policy regime are forcing multinational corporations to scale back and sell parts of their international operations. Meanwhile the Institute of International Finance forecasted net capital flows for emerging markets in 2015 would be negative for the first time since 1988.