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Winning Isn’t Everything: The Art of Playing Well

Tom Spencer

One example of a company that embodies Porter’s approach is Patagonia, an outdoor clothing company, which is committed to creating high-quality products as well as protecting the environment. These securities, which were backed by real-estate mortgages, were sold to investors as a safe investment.

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Financial Shenanigans Versus Incompetence

Martinka Consulting

Sometimes it’s because they’d sooner “play” with their product than worry about the numbers and often it’s because they’re doing so well it becomes “management by checkbook,” as in, there’s plenty of money so who cares about cash flow, metrics, etc.

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

MishTalk

Patrick Housing Crash News Top Housing and Commercial Real Estate News. Bay Area Real Estate Trends. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. GoldMoney: The Best Way to Buy Gold & Silver. Minyanville Business and Market News.

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

MishTalk

It could represent a hidden vulnerability, especially if backed by domestic currency cash flows derived from overextended sectors, such as property, or used for carry trades or other forms of speculative position-taking. Low funding costs and volatility encouraged the search for yield.

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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. And it's, you know, it's a little bit like real estate. I mean we made a fortune because we bought real estate at a discount to replacement cost.