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Bank Valuation: Understanding Key Ratios and Metrics

Tom Spencer

In the previous article , we looked at how banks make money and how they must meet capital requirements. Efficiency ratio The efficiency ratio measures effective cost management and operational efficiency, and is defined as non-interest expenses divided by revenue. It helps assess the bank’s market value relative to earnings.

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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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Small Business Survival Tips During COVID-19

Martinka Consulting

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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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 Interest Rate Crisis Continues: 7-Day Interest Rate Doubles to 10% in One Week; China Bans Words "Cash Crunch"

MishTalk

An exceptional bid by China’s central bank to curb soaring interest rates and relieve pressure on the financial system appeared to have come up short on Monday, as Chinese money market rates shrugged off the measure and continued to approach the crisis levels seen in June.

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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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Fed Minutes Show Majority Believe "Marginal Efficacy of QE Likely Declining"; Economy Turned the Corner?

MishTalk

Inquiring minds are reading Minutes of the December 17-18 FOMC Meeting to see what the Fed is thinking. A couple of participants thought that the marginal efficacy of the program was not declining, as evidenced by the substantial effects in financial markets in recent months of news about the likely path of purchases.