MishTalk

OCTOBER 26, 2013

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. With little fanfare or analysis by mainstream media as to what is really happening, Bloomberg reports Fed Gets Bigger in Markets as QE Prompts New Tools.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

On February 13, 2018, the New York Times reported that Uber is planning an IPO. Uber’s value is estimated between $48 and $70 billion, despite reporting losses over the last two years. Twitter reported a loss of $79 million before its IPO, yet it commanded a valuation of $24 billion on its IPO date in 2013.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Question: Mr Draghi, you said that the new measures and the TLTROs will have a sizeable impact on your balance sheet. So all this makes a precise estimate of the impact that these transactions will have on our balance sheet very complicated, especially at the stage when none of these operations have as yet been undertaken.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 6, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. Labor Union Report. 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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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Having already cut interest rates to record lows and saying they can go no lower, Draghi is now focused on boosting the ECB’s balance sheet. He told reporters today that he expects to increase assets back toward March 2012 levels. trillion euro market for investment grade non-financial corporate bonds next month. “The

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MishTalk

AUGUST 8, 2013

In Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation? I posted an interesting chart by reader Tim Wallace of the stock market vs. Fed asset holding (repeated below for convenience). Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market. What about foreign central bank assets, especially China and Japan?

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 23, 2013

The New York Times reports China Rates Approach Crisis Levels Despite Central Bank Measures. Rates continued to surge on Monday, however, in China’s money markets — a key source of short-term funding for commercial banks and also for financial institutions engaged in risky, off-balance-sheet shadow lending.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

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 An IMF report in July offered one explanation for why French banks remain so heavily leveraged compared to their U.S. of its assets—which means its €1.6

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MishTalk

JUNE 26, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. Labor Union Report. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Draghi Announces ECB Exit From Easing Remains Far Off; Think the Fed Has an Exit Strategy?

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Finance reports Government About to Destroy American Mortgages Permanently. These securities are sold in order to add liquidity to the mortgage market, thereby making funds available to borrowers. "If If Fannie and Freddie go away, what then happens to the mortgage markets?" Citing Dick Bove, Yahoo!Finance

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MishTalk

JULY 30, 2014

That’s because it shifts some pollution — and the burden for cleaning it — onto another other country’s balance sheet. Obama pretties up his own climate balance, but it doesn’t help the global climate at all if Obama’s carbon dioxide is coming out of chimneys in Germany.” So, too, are the prices on the carbon market in Europe.

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1 to 1

JULY 29, 2022

Insights into what customers want and need are more important than ever as the economy and market conditions change. One of the ways that his company is improving its customer experience, particularly in the digital space, is by providing greater personalization through automation and marketing analytics, according to Lee.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 16, 2014

Bloomberg reports ECB Said to Favor 6% Capital Requirement in Stress Test when it puts them through a simulated recession later this year, said two euro-area officials. But now ECB president Mario Draghi, says debt that banks hold to maturity will not have to be set at market value or penalized.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Draghiz e: "The test is credible because the ultimate purpose of it is to restore or strengthen private sector confidence in the soundness of the banks, in the quality of their balance sheets" Mish : The test is credible because we say it is. Only those with the highest rating can be considered risk free" is the argument from Germany.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Lending Spree Short of Expectations Today the Financial Times reports ECB’s Lending Spree Short of Expectations. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

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MishTalk

APRIL 12, 2015

In a recent speech, Mr. Hoenig noted that under American accounting rules, derivative holdings add $300 billion to the balance sheets of five top banks — JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. This measure is misleading and overstates the strength of these firms’ balance sheets.

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MishTalk

JUNE 10, 2015

Central Bank Balance Sheets Excuse me? Hard even to see change in ECB balance sheet. I have plenty to report. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Didn’t ECB start QE – in world of madness?

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MishTalk

AUGUST 22, 2014

What about mark-to-market valuations of loans and assets on the balance sheets of banks? Whether or not banks pass stress tests, and whether or not reports say they are not capital impaired, one can look at actual lending and easily come to another conclusion. Are loan loss provisions high enough?

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 5, 2021

The title is the theme of the book with each chapter being a deal tip or strategy (and it’s available on Amazon). Have a strong balance sheet. Your accountant or CFO can help and depending on the size of the deal you may want a quality of earnings report, which is a fancy name for a mini-audit and proof of cash (flow).

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MishTalk

MARCH 1, 2015

Reuters reports Austria Imposes Debt Moratorium on Heta "Bad Bank" Austria''s Financial Market Authority stepped in on Sunday to wind down "bad bank" Heta Asset Resolution and imposed a moratorium on debt repayments by the vehicle set up last year from the remnants of defunct lender Hypo Alpe Adria. billion euros ($8.51

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MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

The question stems from lengthy (256 page PDF) from the BIS Annual Report (Bank for International Settlements) that stated among other things " The only source of lasting prosperity is a stronger supply side. The BIS slam, coupled with a recent stock market selloff, brought up debate on a " controlled collapse ".

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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. Where is the AFM report on its investigation into SocGen’s numbers?

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MishTalk

JANUARY 28, 2014

On January 15, Reuters reported China''s ICBC says won''t compensate investors in troubled shadow bank product. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world''s largest bank by assets, said on Thursday that it has no plans to use its own money to repay investors in a troubled off-balance-sheet investment product that it helped to market."

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Of course, there is also persistent overoptimism about earnings growth and stock market expectations. ABF Freight, the seventh-largest LTL carrier reported a decline in revenues due to lower fuel surcharges and lower tonnage levels, even though shipments rose year over year. The track record on recessions is perfect. percent to $182.5

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Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2017

A platform connects providers and users in a multisided market. A platform can be a business platform (a multisided market), a software platform (a cloud-based subscription service), or an engagement platform, (a user-generated community). For most companies intellectual property is something that sits on their balance sheet.

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MishTalk

JUNE 28, 2013

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

When I began investing, one looked at the real property on balance sheets. At coming of age at 89, I may have to settle down here in Florida in my small villa and get reports second hand. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

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MishTalk

JUNE 9, 2015

Chart #2: Growing Payments While the current state of the city’s balance sheet is dismal, the real problem relates to what is expected to develop over the next decade. The Municipal Employees’ Annuity & Benefit Fund of Chicago (MEABF) reported a 10-year average return of just 5.6 percent as of 2014.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 25, 2015

As late as yesterday I read numerous mainstream media reports that Syriza would win by three to five percent and would need to form an unstable coalition to rule. The Wall Street Journal reports Greece’s Radical Leftist Syriza Party Poised to Win Election, Exit Polls Say. Syriza appeared set to win between 35.5% Probably not.

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MishTalk

JULY 7, 2015

China's Market and Policy Timeline Bloomberg has an interesting graph of China's Market and Policy Timeline. Another 173 firms listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen announced trading suspensions after the market closed on Tuesday, bringing the total to around 940, or more than a third of all listed firms on the two exchanges.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 12, 2015

Back in the Saddle Bloomberg reports writes Ally Returns to Mortgage Business Two Years After Total Exit. Today, Ally has a pristine balance sheet and is focused on its strengths with its leading domestic automotive services and direct banking franchises.” financial conference in New York.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Nonetheless, the long bear market of the 1970s that lasted until 1982 caused valuations of the nifty fifty to fall to low levels along with the rest of the market, with most of the Nifty-Fifty under-performing the broader market averages. Trailing PE: 319 Forward PE: 462 Market Cap: $51.53 Market Cap: $311.04

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Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2018

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.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 10, 2015

When the bank reopened its shares plummeted as much as 14%, with the Spanish stock market down about 4%. The Journal reported " Overall, 25 banks technically failed the so-called stress tests, facing a cumulative shortfall of €24.6 The CBMV lifted the suspension on Friday, accompanied with a sharp drop in the stock market.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

I don''t and neither does Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets. The Financial Times reports China house price surge raises prospect of steps to cool market. Deposit rates are still low and the stock market has been uncooperative. Bulls think China is on the mend. Bullish Arguments. Property Prices Rising.

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MishTalk

JUNE 27, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. Labor Union Report. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links. GoldMoney: The Best Way to Buy Gold & Silver.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

The modern browser wars began in earnest in 2004, when Mozilla Firefox challenged Internet Explorer''s complete and utter market dominance, successfully growing from zero to several hundred million users in less than five years. Here''s an end-of-year status report for each one. The strategy seems to be working.

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