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Coronavirus & Consulting Offers

Tom Spencer

The travel and hospitality industries have been decimated, stock markets around the world have tanked, and governments struggle to combat this devil on so many fronts. During the dotcom bubble, the financial crisis, and the real estate bubble, what did consulting firms do? Commerce has ground to a halt.

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Inflate the Swimming Toys Not Your Assets

Martinka Consulting

His assets are mostly real estate and it’s easy to appraise real estate. They can’t inflate their real estate assets because banks will get an appraisal. Can inventory values be inflated, sure, but if the deal says the lower of cost or market the value can’t be more than the cost. Conclusion.

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Winning Isn’t Everything: The Art of Playing Well

Tom Spencer

These securities, which were backed by real-estate mortgages, were sold to investors as a safe investment. As a result, the value of many of these securities plummeted to zero when the housing market crashed. However, many of the mortgages had been issued to people who could not afford them.

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Housing Starts in China Plunge 25%; Did China's Property Bubble Finally Burst?

MishTalk

You can’t predict how the bursting of a Chinese real estate bubble plays out because it plays out in very small steps,” said Joel H. Rothstein, a partner in the Beijing office of the Paul Hastings law firm who specializes in Asian real estate. Here we are again, in another slowdown.

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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.

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Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?

MishTalk

Minyanville Business and Market News. Patrick Housing Crash News Top Housing and Commercial Real Estate News. Bay Area Real Estate Trends. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?

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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. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.