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Bank Profitability: Decoding the Income Statement

Tom Spencer

A bank’s income statement can be simplified into five main line items: Net interest income Non-interest income Operating expenses Provision for credit losses (PCL) Tax Image 1: Illustrative example of a bank’s income statement Source: CIBC’s 2022 Annual Report 1. The biggest swing in operating expenses is likely to be variable compensation.

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M&A deals – benefits and drawbacks

Tom Spencer

Depending on the firm and specific role this case could be very strategic and operational like doing a market entry/growth-type case or very technical (i.e. Acquisitions occur when one company buys another company and folds it into its operations. Let’s say Company A doesn’t have an official dress code policy.

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Repair Regulations: Limiting Business Deductions

Women in Consulting

into office supplies, these items must now be put on the balance sheet and depreciated and tracked. If the taxpayer has a written accounting policy in place before 01-01-14. If the taxpayer has a written accounting policy in place before 01-01-14. Sign and date your written policy. Otherwise the limit is $200).

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The age old tale of financial crises

Tom Spencer

Lender of last resort policies are not one size fits all, and ever since Tiberius used his LOLR power the policies have twisted and turned to cope with new crises in a variety of ways. Post-failure balance sheets show that Lehmann Brothers actually had twenty billion dollars of assets in excess of its debts.

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2008 Financial Crisis – Causes and historical context

Tom Spencer

Additionally, monetary policy from the United States usually has a major transmission effect to the rest of the world [pdf], but as the GFC was not caused by high interest rates it could not be fixed by a reversal of US monetary policy. Banks would rather store their money at the Fed than lend it to finance potentially risky projects.

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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.

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Maximum Overweight High Yield?

MishTalk

Corporate balance sheets are in excellent shape, and there is still an ample cash cushion available to fund operations in the event of a growth setback. We continue to monitor three key factors for evidence of a turn in default risk: our Corporate Health monitor, bank lending standards, and Fed policy.