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Reader Question on Banking System Insolvency, QE, and "Necessity"

MishTalk

reader Dave, a friend, noted that as the Fed jacked up its balance sheet, velocity has mirrored the curve to the downside. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management.

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New Tools! More Pure Bank Profit!

MishTalk

Inquiring minds are monitoring the Fed''s Balance Sheet. One more week like this and the FED balance sheet will be $1 trillion more than last year at this time. It’s designed to help policy makers -- buying $85 billion of bonds a month -- siphon off excess cash in the banking system when they begin to tighten policy.

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Two-Week Price Inflation in Argentina hits 30%, US Products Lead the Way; Currency Devaluations Hit P&G Earnings

MishTalk

Venezuela uses a de-facto dual-exchange rate system, but policy changes recently enacted by the Venezuelan government are affecting the way that certain imports — i.e, bolivare-per-USD rate, thus the near-$300 million charge P&G now expects to incur on its third quarter balance sheet. bolivares per one U.S.

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5 Ways Your Data Strategy Can Fail

Harvard Business

Paradoxically, “data” appear everywhere but on the balance sheet and income statement. The data is scattered in silos — stuck in departmental systems that don’t talk well with one another, the quality is poor , and the associated costs are high. Except for very few, this hasn’t happened.

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Pettis on Strains in China's Banking System; Avoiding the Fall

MishTalk

Next year will be a very important year for China because possible strains in the banking system and the intensity with which the reformers present their case will give us a better sense both of how much debt capacity the country retains and of how well positioned Xi Jinping and his allies are to implement the needed reforms.

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Flip the Switch

Martinka Consulting

And it can be threatening to an owner who wants to be in control of everything, because one thing that makes a business more attractive, and adds value, is a self-sufficient management team. Have solid financial systems and accurate financial statements. It is tough to manage a business, be in control, and implement (a new) strategy.

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Mish Fined 8,000 Euros for Quoting French Blog

MishTalk

Banks; Global Financial System is Bankrupt. The effects of a system that ''encourages excessive financial leverage''. trillion balance sheet is leveraged nearly 49-to-1. As a group, these three banks have some €4 trillion in assets on their balance sheets, supported by €129.3 By contrast, J.P. counterparts.