Martinka Consulting

MARCH 30, 2020

I won’t be disingenuous by marketing services when most of us are in survival mode so I will make all readers of this newsletter an offer: If you have questions about what to do, how to handle things, need a sounding board, or simply someone to vent with call me for free telephone counsel. Whatever your business is, be doing marketing.

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1 to 1

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

After years of immense growth, there are signs of economic headwinds across industries , with higher interest rates, stock market declines, pandemic challenges, labor shortages, global political instability, and more. Here are a few tips on how to navigate economic headwinds without overcorrecting and damaging valuable relationships.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 11, 2018

On the flip side, a strategic transaction can catapult a company into first-mover position, give a speed to market advantage over rivals, and potentially let a larger company run away with a new market. How to make your company more nimble and responsive. Insight Center. Competing in the Future. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 26, 2013

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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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

In response to Janet Yellen’s everything is OK speech following today’s balance sheet reduction notice by the FOMC committee, I received an interesting set of comments from Pater Tenebrarum at the Acting Man Blog regarding rate hike cycles, gold, and stock market peaks. That is no coincidence.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

In response to Janet Yellen’s everything is OK speech following today’s balance sheet reduction notice by the FOMC committee, I received an interesting set of comments from Pater Tenebrarum at the Acting Man Blog regarding rate hike cycles, gold, and stock market peaks. How Much Gold Should the Common Man Own?

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MishTalk

APRIL 17, 2015

Bernanke also made the case in his presentation for keeping the Fed’s balance sheet big in the aftermath of the financial crisis. [Is Is that an indication he is clueless about how to unwind it?] Bernanke said he was not making a recommendation about how big the balance sheet ultimately should be.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2016

Strewn about the table were probably the tools of your trade: reams of data, balance sheets and P&Ls. Create a bull market. Financial markets boom when increasing numbers of investors want in. Likewise, our own resilience grows when we encourage positivity buyers to enter the market.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 22, 2013

The Fed does not even know how to measure it. From 1997-2000 the Fed ignored a major bubble in the stock market. He conveniently ignores the fact he was on the Fed in the Greenspan years, that he presided over the biggest property bubble in history, and he also ignores the stock market bubble we are in now. How Convenient!

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Harvard Business

MARCH 30, 2017

In it, the authors, both sociologists, made a compelling argument that, to understand labor market outcomes like inequality, it wasn’t enough to look at the supply and demand for individuals’ skills. However, any discussion of firms and wage inequality must not be limited to discussion of market forces. Related Video.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

In the past, marketers have struggled to deliver the higher response rates they need from existing customers — a smaller group than potential new customers. Digital channels now allow companies to fine-tune marketing messages based on observed behavior. Take a balance-sheet view.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 14, 2019

Teams need to figure out how to manage their WIP, collaborate with the customer, and deliver something small every day. Every agile approach requires that the team learn how to manage their work and their interactions. Every agile approach requires that the team learn how to manage their work and their interactions.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 17, 2014

This is not necessarily a problem if the decline was expected because a business is sustained from cashflow, not profit, and long term growth can be pursued through capital appreciation, which shows up on the balance sheet and not on the profit and loss statement. Shrinking market size. Falling Prices. Increased competition.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 3, 2020

For tips on how to minimize damage I interviewed my friend Dan Weedin, who is a crisis and disaster management expert (you can see more about Dan at www.danweedin.com). If you have a line of credit, consider using it to get cash on your balance sheet. Customers can’t buy if your business is (forced to) closed.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 24, 2013

Wolf Richter at the Testosterone Pit commented on Gagging Doubt: French Crackdown On French And American Bloggers Who Question Megabank Balance Sheets The France''s Financial Markets Authority (AMF) announced on Nov. A blatant attempt to gag doubting bloggers.

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MishTalk

APRIL 7, 2014

In lengthy negotiations last month the EU reached a deal on how to handle failed banks. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. The European parliament was set to ratify the deal in a matter of days. Today, the UK decided it doesn''t like the deal.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Meanwhile the Institute of International Finance forecasted net capital flows for emerging markets in 2015 would be negative for the first time since 1988. These macro changes also will affect how corporations will fund themselves.

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MishTalk

APRIL 6, 2015

Problems With Velocity The first problem is how to measure money supply (Is Money M1, M2, or TMS? The second problem with velocity is that GDP is a pretty nebulous concept given that government spending (no matter how useless) adds to GDP. They knew they could always dump them on the Fed in the open market with a hefty markup.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 12, 2016

Most of these companies are private and don’t publish their balance sheets. But when it comes to little-known leaders in their market, Germany has 1,307 “hidden champions,” nine times as many as those two countries combined. Great Britain and France each have more.

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MishTalk

JULY 10, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Following is a snip from the June 18-19, 2013 Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee , released today. Daily Bell.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 24, 2017

Learning how to speed up growth to increase prosperity of this massive middle would have immeasurable societal value. Growth events were almost immediate: An entrepreneur with a line of men’s underwear entered export markets for the first time. They also need to learn specifically how to make those investments.

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MishTalk

JULY 13, 2015

My guess is that there is planning going on about how to let a BitGold card link up to the gold in my Goldmoney account. If the USD price of gold rises 5% in a given month, the value of your holdings will rise proportionally; with the inverse concept in a market decline. I’d love to see a little more. Reader Mike Writes.

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Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2018

Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures make up one of those variables, provided they average at least one deal per year in a program that cumulatively amounts to more than 30% of a company’s market capitalization over 10 years, with no single deal being more than 30% of market cap. Take marketing giant WPP.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 14, 2017

Travel companies with loyalty programs, whether stand-alone or part of a larger alliance, will have to figure out how to respond. First, blockchain could help relieve a large balance-sheet liability that many in the industry are facing. Early adopters could benefit considerably.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The latest proposals could see up to 126 people being consulted on how to wind up a bank, even though agreement might need to be reached over the course of a weekend while financial markets are closed. How big is the proposed bailout fund? €55 Some senior officials are warning the proposals are too cumbersome.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 16, 2018

And today I’m talking with Michael Gretczko, Principal, National Offering Leader, Human Capital as a Service at Deloitte Consulting, LLP, and with Jody Kohner, Senior Vice President of Employee Marketing and Engagement at Salesforce. Michael and Jody, thanks so much for joining us today. And we really think about those in five buckets.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 2, 2017

And in the market more broadly, there is a sense that certain kinds of bad assets should be avoided.” ” How Dodd-Frank could make the next crisis worse: “I have two concerns that persist. It is completely unclear to me how to justify this, full stop. We’ve [got] growth prospects in the stock market.

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