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Winning Isn’t Everything: The Art of Playing Well

Tom Spencer

Companies that operate with integrity are more likely to build sustainable business models, which ultimately benefit the company, its employees, society, and the environment. These securities, which were backed by real-estate mortgages, were sold to investors as a safe investment.

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Chinese Malls Hit With Low Traffic, Rising Vacancies, Plunging Rent, Massive Overcapacity

MishTalk

Less foot traffic means cash flow of mall owners and developers are getting squeezed - a potential hazard for an economy growing at its slowest pace in decades. Major listed mall operators are also feeling the pain. Malaysia-based Parkson (3368.HK),

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AAA – Not to the Rescue

Martinka Consulting

When it comes time to sell however, they want to demonstrate that the business has more cash flow than the tax returns (and financial statements) show. Some of these adjustments are easily justifiable, such as adjusting the owner’s salary to market rate or if the seller owns the real estate and pays more than market rent.

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BIS Slams the Fed; Ridiculous Question of the Day: "Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse?"

MishTalk

The BIS slam, coupled with a recent stock market selloff, brought up debate on a " controlled collapse ". Over the past few years, non-financial corporations in a number of EMEs have borrowed heavily through their foreign affiliates in the capital markets, with the debt denominated mainly in foreign currency.

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Sam Zell Warns Recession Coming, Provides Opinions on 22 Topics Including Fed Tools, Equities, Real Estate, Energy, China, Brazil, Mexico, Climate Change

MishTalk

Zell discussed a wide variety of topics from the Federal Reserve rate hike, the risk of a near-term recession, real estate, energy, and various foreign investment ideas. Cash: With zero interest rates the penalty for holding cash is not very significant. Stock Market: Nothing cheap. Mexico: Mexico is terrific.