Tom Spencer

JUNE 13, 2021

This post will provide you with a guide to creating and perfecting typical slides used to present information in a business context, whether you are a student preparing for a case competition, a fresh consultant who just graduated, or a project manager who has to constantly deliver milestones and progress reports to multiple stakeholders.

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MARCH 3, 2014

Russia Intervenes in Currency Markets to Stabilize Ruble Bloomberg reports Ruble Plunges to Record as Bank Rossii Seen Selling $10 Billion. percent against the dollar today, more than any other currency tracked by Bloomberg, while the benchmark Micex stock index plunged more than 11 percent and benchmark bond yields soared. “So

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MARCH 21, 2023

Acting on developing trends as they surface Michel Feaster, global head of product marketing and chief product officer of research at Qualtrics, said real-time access to developing trends delivered in a dashboard format enables decision-makers to seize opportunities to improve the experience as they surface. 1 issue is wage inflation.

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AUGUST 28, 2014

On the black market today, it takes 89 bolivars to buy 1 US dollar. Black Market Record Low Bloomberg reports Venezuela’s Black Market Bolivar Slides to Record Low. dollar on the black market today as the government tightens currency rationing to pay maturing debt. Inflation reached 60.9 cent at 12:37 a.m.

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Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2018

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. The people analytics team was surprised — as was finance team in that country, which had no reason to benchmark themselves against other countries and had no idea that they were such a bright spot. Insight Center. Competing in the Future. How to make your company more nimble and responsive.

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JANUARY 24, 2014

Argentina Institutes 50% Tax on Internet Purchases; Emerging Market Contagion Spreads; Argentina, Venezuela, Turkey Roundup Yesterday, Argentina devalued the Peso hoping to halt further declines in its currency reserves. Markets had seen this coming as charts of the Peso vs. the US dollar show. The 5-year decline is over 50%.

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MARCH 10, 2014

Lawmakers will grill Carney tomorrow after the BOE suspended an employee and released minutes of meetings showing officials knew of concerns the foreign-exchange market was being rigged almost eight years ago. It was noticeably silent on what the Bank knew about other FX market participants.” trillion-a-day foreign-exchange market.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 23, 2023

Division X productivity is decreasing), methods for solving the problem (e.g., … by benchmarking industry best practices), or proposed solutions (e.g., … by employing more staff). This is part of the iterative nature of HBPS Typically, you will communicate your recommendations through a report or presentation to the client.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Bill Gurley, partner at Silicon Valley-based investor Benchmark, sounded the horn of doom on Monday warning that “Silicon Valley as a whole or that the venture-capital community or startup community is taking on an excessive amount of risk right now.” Record S&P 500 Masks 47% of Nasdaq Mired in Bear Market Speculation is running rampant.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 6, 2012

IN A RECENT article by Bloomberg Businessweek , assistant managing editor Brian Bremmer reports that investigators in America, Canada, Japan, the UK, and the EU are trying to determine whether a handful of brokers and traders have manipulated LIBOR. by Tom Spencer on March 6, 2012 · 4 comments  ·  Image Source. in Economics.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

As the equity rout gathers steam across all markets, the volatility measure VIX Didn’t Update for 30 Minutes. options market. Because of market conditions, the quoting in S&P 500 and S&P 500 options was erratic,” said Suzanne Cosgrove, a spokeswoman for the CBOE. “As data sent to Bloomberg show. in New York.

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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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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

This was certainly a strange report. Revisions November nonfarm payroll employment was revised from +353,000 to +423,000 December nonfarm payroll employment was revised from +252,000 to +329,000 With these revisions, employment gains in November and December were 147,000 higher than previously reported. Let''s look at this another way.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The benchmark revision incorporates a large non-economic change that resulted from a reclassification of 466,000 jobs from private households (out of scope by CES definition) to services for the elderly and disabled (in scope for CES). Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. to 6.6% - Household Survey U-6 unemployment: -0.4

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APRIL 26, 2014

Russian Markets Have Worst Week Since Crimea. On Friday, April 25th, Russia’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 7.5 Russian Markets Have Worst Week Since Crimea as S&P Cuts Rating Bloomberg reports Russian Markets Have Worst Week Since Crimea as S&P Cuts Rating.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Western Canada Select, the Canadian benchmark, has lost more than a third of its value since June, in step with declines for West Texas Intermediate and the international gauge Brent. In September, Venezuela''s Bolívar Hit Record Low on Black Market. Even the big guys will have to look at their capital spending plans.”

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OCTOBER 25, 2014

Bloomberg reports China Home-Price Drop Spreads as Easing Doesn’t Halt Fall. Home sales in September jumped 40 percent from August, the biggest increase this year, according to Bloomberg News calculations, based on a government report earlier this week. And what a ridiculous campaign it was. New-home prices fell 0.7

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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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OCTOBER 16, 2014

Retail sales reports on Wednesday have me thinking about the strength of the economy, commercial construction, jobs, and profit margins. The Wall Street Journal reports U.S. Similarly, Bloomberg reports Weaker Retail Sales Signal Smaller Spending Boost. Let''s start with a look at retail sales.

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MAY 28, 2015

On May 13, Moody's shocked the municipal bond market by downgrading Chicago to junk. Kristi Culpepper, AKA "Bond Girl" comments on the event in What Chicago’s Fiscal Emergency says about the Quality of Credit Analysis in the Municipal Bond Market. Rating actions tend to lag the market rather than lead it. of revenue.

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JULY 6, 2015

The overheated Shanghai and Shenzhen markets have lost 29 and 32 per cent respectively over the past three weeks following 7-year highs reached on June 12. Instead of welcoming a much needed correction, Chinese brokerages and the Bank of China agreed to prop up the market. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index added 2.41

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

There was a sharp sell-off in the benchmark Merval stock index after Mr Fábrega’s departure was announced. Black Market Rate Shows 78% Decline The black market exchange rate is about 14 pesos to the dollar. Here''s a Black Market exchange rate chart form the Wall Street Journal as of the end of August.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Hi Mish I was thinking that margin calls would be made after today and could pull the market down further by Friday. Also your article Stock Buybacks Peaked With Stock Market in 2007: History About to Repeat? Thanks, Rob Bond Market vs. Equities Generally I stay away from short-term prognosis. Treasuries are suffering a 10.7

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 6, 2018

The CEO’s role in aligning corporate culture to the strategy has never been more important. A recent Harvard Business School research report described how an effective culture can account for up to half of the differential in performance between organizations in the same business. Is your strategy clear enough?

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Bloomberg discussed Bill Gross''s view in a report Treasury Yields Reach Highest Since 2011 on Bets Fed to Taper QE. s Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest bond fund, said investors should buy short-term Treasuries and credit securities that will be bolstered by the Fed’s intent to keep benchmark lending rates at almost zero. “The

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Bain & Company reported that most change programs fail. The executive team asks staff and hired consultants to identify what needs to change in order to achieve their shift in strategy—whether it’s to cut costs, boost growth or adapt to new market challenges. Benchmarks reached deserve celebration. What’s Going On?

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APRIL 14, 2015

The WAll Street Journal reports Tumbling Interest Rates in Europe Leaves Some Banks Owing Money on Loans to Borrowers. At least one Spanish bank, Bankinter SA, the country’s seventh-largest lender by market value, has been paying some customers interest on mortgages by deducting that amount from the principal the borrower owes.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

Invest and act on great customer experience Understanding the importance of building an organizational CX competency is a crucial first step, but without an executable strategy, organizations will continue to lag industry leaders. Data is at the core of any customer experience strategy. Renewing your CX vows begins with the basics.

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APRIL 1, 2015

The Shanghai stock market is on a tear as the following charts show. As with every major bull market participants just cannot wait to get in, and cannot get in enough when they do. As with every major bull market participants just cannot wait to get in, and cannot get in enough when they do.

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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). Value is in the products and services themselves. Most KPIs are focused on E and M.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Walmart Processes 10 Million Transactions in 4 Hours The New York Times reports Exhausted Shoppers Head Home, Replaced by the Next Wave. Over all, online sales were up nearly 10 percent over last year by Black Friday afternoon, according to IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark. Here is a sampling of the news.

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MARCH 20, 2015

Futures Suggest No Rate Hike Until December Please consider Yellen Sends Odds of Any Rate Increase Below 50% Until December " The likelihood that policy makers will lift their benchmark rate from near zero in September fell to 39 percent from 55 percent on Tuesday, according to calculations by Bloomberg using federal fund futures contracts.

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JANUARY 15, 2014

Even though Singapore is no longer an emerging market nation, I consider its bubble economy to be part of the overall emerging markets bubble that I have been warning about due to its strategic role and locationin Southeast Asia, which is also known as ASEAN (Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations).

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JANUARY 23, 2014

France-Germany Yield Spread Widens Bloomberg reports France-Germany Yield Spread Widens as French Growth Trails Peers The extra yield investors demand to hold France’s 10-year debt over similar-maturity German bonds increased for a third day on signs the French recovery is trailing its regional peers.

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AUGUST 30, 2015

This Bloomberg headline " If the Options Market Is Right, China's Stock Rescue Is Doomed " reads like something one would find in a tabloid, but the reverse is now true. Options traders have never been so pessimistic on China’s stock market, betting the government’s renewed effort to prop up share prices is doomed to fail.

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JANUARY 3, 2016

Bloomberg reports Sweden Seen Closer to Krona Intervention to Tame Exchange Rate. Some of Scandinavia’s biggest banks are warning investors not to underestimate the risk that the central bank is preparing to intervene in the currency market. With a benchmark interest rate already at an historic low of minus 0.35

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