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Date: 2009-01-13 02:23:50
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Credit Rating Agencies
The WSJ ran an editorial the other day arguing against the New York Fed’s proposal to create a central clearinghouse for credit default swap ... : Me: I could see why a million little shops analyzing debt and selling their analysis could make sense ... s clearly a legit problem. But what is the point of them for the private sector. Why are their opinions [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 00:21:02
News 12/31/08
From The PACS Designer: "Re: 2008. TPD is blown away by the success in 2008 for HIStalk! ... by Shands Healthcare. The CEO of Shands blames bad debt and reduced Medicaid payments. I found Greg Hall’s analysis of the crippling effect of institutional debt in healthcare fascinating, the idea [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 02:32:34
Anti-arbitration bills moving in the House
On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law passed out three anti-mandatory arbitration bills, ... diligently on arbitration, yesterday released a new analysis of California debt collection arbitration [more...]
Date: 2008-07-16 14:15:31
The End of Newsprint
For someone who will see his little blog pass a half -million page views today, ... in debt. His analysis concludes that the death of newsprint is inevitable…and he’s probably right [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 15:55:00
Capitalism without morality is a terrible sight to behold.
Prudently responsible market capitalism is superior to communism because it preserves the sowing and reaping equation without governmental force ... market system produces excess debt, investment scandals, mistrust, and a credit crisis ... it with instructions that in the final analysis (when key phrases are decoded) amount to a debt-based growth mandate [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 23:20:47
C.R. Bard, Inc. Medical Equipment Company Share Analysis
This report is an essential source for data, analysis and strategic insight into C.R. Bard, Inc ... , including debt, equity or venture finance. Reasons to buy• A single source to fulfill [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 07:40:00
Spengler Misses the Point
“Spengler” is sometimes brilliant but sometimes he is way off the mark. His December 25 column strikes me as an instance of the latter ... is to return to Lever-Lever Land, that is, to debt-financed consumption. It won’t work. Leverage ... their own sales pitch. This analysis is too deterministic, as though an aging US population made [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 02:35:12
Rogoff on banking led recessions
I had read the research by Rogoff and Reinhart a couple of weeks ago forgot to blog about it and reader Thierry Janaudy resent it to me (thanks) ... recessions. They study real estate impact, equity impact, unemployment, GDP, public debt and duration ... read as it is mostly historical data, with no analysis and models. It is also very sobering. Below [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:20:18
What is Private Equity Good For?
From the London Guardian: More than half the profits generated by private equity firms in recent years have been made by piling debt onto the ... , instead provided further ammunition for the industry's critics. The analysis by accounting firm Ernst [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 04:04:49
Default Rates and Static Analysis
As recently as a early 2007 ago there was very little “risk premium” between debt of varying quality. The risk premium is usually measured against US Government debt (Treasuries) of equivalent ... 5%, then high-quality (at the time) corporate debt might be issued at 6%, with riskier debt as high [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 04:10:17
Izo’s Professional Product Reviews
Features reviews on various consumer products including those for computer monitoring software, debt relief, learn french, affiliate marketing,web design, and foreign language education. Offers consumers detailed analysis of top-selling products in each industry. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 11:21:05
CBPP: Many States Couldn’t Accept Loans Anyways
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal policy analysis group, ... to cover operating expenses. Other state constitutions or statutes strictly limit the amount of debt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 19:57:16
New Relationships of Trust and Cooperation Are the Way to Come Out of the Crisis
Analysis of the Crisis News Report (from Financial Times) ... for governments seeking to raise record amounts of debt to stimulate slowing economies. The fate of the first ... an estimated $3,000bn in debt this year, three times more than in 2008. My Comment: We will continue [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 18:53:44
Second Amendment News Roundup for 1/14/09
Focusing on guns, politics, and news of interest, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup: ... the Constitutional High Ground.'Nicki provides a good summary of John Stossel's analysis ... Shooters Association has the quote of the day from China, which has been buying up U.S. debt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 19:15:00
Trouble in Financials
Another rough day on Wall Street yesterday, led by the financials ... to Collateralized Debt Obligations resurface. You have to wonder at this juncture, with many ... pronounced itself “baffled” by the company’s analysis. The downgrades are having a ripple effect [more...]
Date: 2008-06-24 10:13:50
2009: The Year of the Newspaper Bailout?
Michelle Malkin called it, as did several NewsBusters commenters ... Rell is apparently sympathetic. A Wednesday “analysis” piece by Robert MacMillan of Reuters reports ... , Tribune and McClatchy deal with falling advertising revenue, fleeing readers and tremendous debt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 01:05:55
2009: The Year of the Newspaper Bailout?
Michelle Malkin called it, as did several NewsBusters commenters ... Rell is apparently sympathetic. A Wednesday "analysis" piece by Robert MacMillan of Reuters reports ... Times, Tribune and McClatchy deal with falling advertising revenue, fleeing readers and tremendous debt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 01:04:43
TNTJ January: Abandon Ship? When to ignore the old organizations and start fresh
Albert Sun is a junior studying math and economics at the University of Pennsylvania ... is there to buying an existing operation? Piles of debt Institutional inertia High operating costs ... I can. The failure is at the top. The executives responsible for it, in the last analysis, are those who deal [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:37:02
Ed Miliband is way out of his depth
Dear Ed Miliband, Having achieved the sum total of sod all as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, you have now been passed the mantle of Labour’s election manifesto coordinator. Oh dear. To suggest that your political inexperience is wholly unsuitable for such a role is an understatement of epic proportions. In your interview with the BBC, you opened by saying: “Historically speaking, fourth terms are tough to win and we’ve gone through a difficult economic situation. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 08:02:04
What Causes a Depression?
It is a gray morning here in London. We sit in the building with the golden balls, look out the window, and wonder… …how does it all work? We’re doing some serious thinking this week. What is it that actually causes a depression? A stock market collapse? Or too much debt? How come government can appear to cure the problem sometimes – 2001-2007 – but not other times? How come the Japanese were not able to increase consumer prices? Even now…Japan’s inflation rate is negative. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 18:49:54
Big Merger Deals Signal Restored Confidence
After a period of hibernation, corporate mergers and acquisitions are back on the agenda, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in his latest DealBook column. While the price tags may not be hitting the highs they did during the boom times, the return of bigger M.&A. deals signals an increasing confidence among chief executives, who until now have been hesitant to ink any deals, Mr. Sorkin says. One segment that has not jumped back into the deal-making fray, however, is the private equity industry. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 10:15:53
The 7 new rules of financial security
In a world turned upside down, you must re-examine some basic assumptions. A good place to start: understanding the true nature of risk.John Maynard Keynes, the Depression-era economist who’s having quite the comeback, once quipped when he was accused of inconsistency: “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?”Money has long advocated the benefits of consistency in your investing and financial planning. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 10:57:27
What Impacts the Price of a Stock? How Useful is Historical Data?
by Marv Doniger There are a myriad of factors that are commonly used by investors to evaluate potential stock investments. These investment opportunities are often identified through the use of the numerous stock screeners that are readily available to investors. Common searches seek to identify companies that have a low Price Earnings, Price to Book Value, or Price to Cash Flow Ratio; high Dividend Yields; high Returns on Assets, Invested Capital, or Earnings; low Debt to Equity; and high Cash balances. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 13:00:23
D.C.’s Taxicab Confessions: Loose Lips Daily
As much local politics as humanly possible. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com . And get LL Daily sent straight to your inbox every morning! IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—’ Jim Graham Postpones Hearing on Taxicab Bill ‘; ‘ Majority of Voters Polled Disapprove of Fenty ‘ Morning all. More details trickled out this weekend on the investigation that led to the Ted Loza arrest. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 16:06:44
What Impacts the Price of a Stock? How Useful is Historical Data?
There are a myriad of factors that are commonly used by investors to evaluate potential stock investments. These investment opportunities are often identified through the use of the numerous stock screeners that are readily available to investors. Common searches seek to identify companies that have a low Price Earnings, Price to Book Value, or Price to Cash Flow Ratio; high Dividend Yields; high Returns on Assets, Invested Capital, or Earnings; low Debt to Equity; and high Cash balances. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 12:53:20
Are Rechargeable Batteries a Frugal Choice?
The common perception is that rechargeable batteries are better a better value than disposable batteries. From an environmental standpoint, I can agree with that statement. Rechargeable batteries reduce toxic waste and can be used for years. But from a price standpoint, rechargeable batteries are rarely cost effective . There are many factors to consider when thinking about buying rechargeable batteries – mostly how often you use batteries, and what you use them for. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-27 20:30:42
Will Deflationary Forces Overwhelm Global Fiscal Stimulus?
While Uncle Sam and his international brethren are doing everything they can to reflate the global economy, will the deflationary forces deeply embedded in the deleveraging process carry the day and the future? In doing so, will these deflationary forces usher in an economic dynamic not seen since the 1930s? The analysis and review by market savants, media mavens, and government pundits is ultimately mere noise relative to the denouement of the question proffered above. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 19:12:40
Hockeynomics - at times an embarrassment
We expect and need to hear the truth from the Opposition. Shortly after Joe Hockey took over as the Coalition's Treasury spokesman the Comonwealth Bank inched up its standard variable mortgage rate from 5.64 per cent to 5.74 per cent, bringing it into line with NAB's. Hockey dived in : "The increase in interest rates by the Commonwealth Bank today is directly linked to Kevin Rudd’s debt." I labelled what Hockey had said " bizarre garbage ". [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 06:57:00
Public meeting on enhanced pensions for water workers is Tuesday
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California will hold a public workshop on proposed union contracts that would hike pay and pensions at 10 a.m. Tuesday at its Union Station headquarters . While Met’s current pension formula is among the least-generous in the area , the proposed hike is generating outrage because it would cost some $70 million , at a time when Met’s investments in Cal-PERS are already down some $400 million - and at a time when water rates are jumping . [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 22:47:12
The Politics of Inflation: Theft by Other Means
By Charles Hugh Smith, OFTWOMINDS A little inflation is supposed to be “good.” From the perspective of the wage earner and taxpayer, it’s simply “theft by other means.” Deflation is supposed to be horrible and awful, and a steady dose of inflation is supposed to be “good.” So your cash gaining value is awful, and it’s great when it is robbed by inflation. How “good” is that? I’ve been pondering the politics of inflation. Here are the dynamics I discern: 1. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 01:58:44
Pimco’s El-Erian Properly Frames the Financial Debate
Pimco CEO Mohamed El-Erian I am increasingly impressed by Pimco CEO Mohamed El-Erian. Why? I believe El-Erian consistently provides a thoughtful and informed opinion and analysis of the global economic landscape. I witness his sagacity again this morning in reading his Financial Times commentary, Return of The Old Ways of Thinking Threatens Recovery : We are at the point of maximum confusion in the multi-year transition of the global economy, markets and policymaking. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 13:34:51
Operation Rollback
Posted by Review-a-Day, September 29th, 2009 3 CommentsFiled under:Review-a-Day. The Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of Business by Nelson Lichtenstein Reviewed by Jefferson DeckerThe Nation In October 2003 employees at more than 800 chain supermarkets in California walked out of their jobs after management demanded pay cuts and a reduction in health insurance benefits. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 09:54:00
Behind the Gambit in the A.S.C.-Xerox Deal
DealBook’s Andrew Ross Sorkin makes the case that the uptick in the stock market and the slow return of credit are reviving the mergers and acquisitions market. The question, however, is not whether the M.&A. market will revive, but instead whether everyone will simply go back to the old party and its bad practices. The question arises yet again as a result of Darwin Deason’s latest gambit. Mr. Deason is the chairman of Affiliated Computer Services, and owns a near-controlling stake in the company. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 20:26:36
A Bias to Buy the Dollar
Well… Russia has thrown a cat amongst the pigeons this morning with a rate CUT… Let me tell you why this is a big deal… Well, everyone is thinking that the go-go countries of Norway, Australia, and Brazil will probably begin their rate hike cycles this year… While the US drags its feet and wallows in the zero rate mud… The thinking was that the rate differentials to the dollar would begin to widen, causing even more pain for the dollar. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 16:12:57
A Bias to Buy the Dollar
Well… Russia has thrown a cat amongst the pigeons this morning with a rate CUT… Let me tell you why this is a big deal… Well, everyone is thinking that the go-go countries of Norway, Australia, and Brazil will probably begin their rate hike cycles this year… While the US drags its feet and wallows in the zero rate mud… The thinking was that the rate differentials to the dollar would begin to widen, causing even more pain for the dollar. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 22:32:30
Inflation, Deflation, Peak Oil and Complex Systems
In my father’s house are many mansions. Surely one of them has a room with no elephants in it…. Not to crunch too many metaphors right here at the top, but a consensus seems to be firming up in the animate jello of the Internet that we have entered the Season of the Witch. An odor of ripeness fills the virtual air — something between dead carp and apples baking. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 16:44:02
Inflation, Deflation, Peak Oil and Complex Systems
In my father’s house are many mansions. Surely one of them has a room with no elephants in it…. Not to crunch too many metaphors right here at the top, but a consensus seems to be firming up in the animate jello of the Internet that we have entered the Season of the Witch. An odor of ripeness fills the virtual air — something between dead carp and apples baking. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 20:48:22
Advice to Pres. Obama #1: An Actuary's Impractical Perspective
The suggestion was made to Oil Drum staff that some of us might want to write recommendations relating to President Obama's energy policy ... our financial problems behind us. This is a tough one. There is vastly more debt in the world than can ever ... . A fractional reserve banking system requires continued growth, in order to pay back all of the debt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 14:42:43
Gov. Rendell urges Milk Marketing Board to help dairy producers
HARRISBURG, Pa. — With Pennsylvania’s milk producers facing prices that are 40 percent lower than a year ago, Gov. Edward G. Rendell has written to the state’s Milk Marketing Board asking for their recommendations on how to help dairy farmers survive the unprecedented financial hardships. Bearing the brunt “Pennsylvania’s dairy farmers are bearing the brunt of historically low milk prices, coupled with historically high production costs,” said Governor Rendell. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 21:33:52
Conducting a Financial Triage
Nearly every day, we are contacted by debtors desperately seeking help and answers: "Do I qualify for bankruptcy?" "Will I lose my house? ... and lots of credit card debt might be better off in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. In order to assess a debtor's ... , a wage garnishment or an eviction. Careful analysis of the matter is still required [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 05:00:09
Stock Analysis: Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP)
Linked here is a detailed quantitative analysis of Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP). Below are some highlights from the above linked analysis: Company Description: Automatic Data Processing Inc. is one of the world's largest independent computing services companies, provides a broad range of data processing services. Fair Value: I consider four calculations of fair value, see page 2 of the linked PDF for a detailed description: Avg. High Yield Price 20-Year DCF Price Avg. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 10:30:00
Reversal of Fortune
As recently as June 2008 the Council of Foreign Relations was reporting Persian Gulf Nations' Bulging Coffers Bring 'Wrenching Transformation' ... of its roughly $80 billion in foreign debt coming due in 2009, Dubai will likely require a significant loan from Abu Dhabi—particularly as it can no longer finance its current account deficit by borrowing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 22:08:31
RPM International Inc. (RPM) Dividend Stock Analysis
This article originally appeared on The DIV-Net September 21, 2009. Linked here is a detailed quantitative analysis of RPM International Inc. (RPM). Below are some highlights from the above linked analysis: Company Description: RPM International Inc. makes specialty coatings and products for the structural waterproofing and corrosion control markets, as well as products for the consumer, do-it-yourself and hobby markets. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 10:30:15
Put not Your Faith in Stimulus Packages
As Obama, Volker, Summers, and Geithner prepare to ride into Washington to save us all with a stimulus package, Robert J ... , trigger a new one. A growing federal debt burden would also compound the problem of paying the staggering ... expanding purchases of consumer goods -- contributing to U.S. trade deficits -- and a housing boom [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 14:38:51
Willem Buiter Calls for Less US Stimulus, Expects Collapse in Price of Dollar Assets
I am a big fan of Willem Buiter, even on those rare occasions when he is wrong. He is unusually blunt for a Serious Economist, and is willing to take on orthodox views and institutions frontally. He has, for instance, been quite critical of the Fed. He created a firestorm at its last conference in Jackson Hole when, in a presentation, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 05:24:34
The Holy Church of Checklists
Yesterday's piece on investigative research in the blogosphere was one of the most polarizing pieces I've ever written, going all the way back to the first email essays I wrote in 1994. Those really upset a lot of people, because I saw where my industry, which now is pretty much gone, was getting swallowed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 01:21:40
The Valuation Blues (aka How FAS157 Is Tortuous)
I'm all for transparency and mark to market. As Roger Ehrenberg has blogged about consistenly, investors need to know what the underlying securities are worth inside banks, brokerage firms, insurance companies, hedge funds, private equity funds, and yes venture capital funds. The FASB (which governs accounting standards in this country) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 13:03:55
too true
via Schneirer: Part of the debtor mentality is a constant, frantically suppressed undercurrent of terror. We have one of the highest debt-to-income ratios in the world, and apparently most of us are two ... in Ireland, by Tana French. Funny that this wholly logical analysis is an old zen idea- that true mastery [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 23:23:59
Re-coupled Vengence: From Downturn to Implosion Risks ?
We've spent a bunch of time on the US economic outlook and the news, as you'd expect, continues to move from bad to worse ... the shallowness of the analysts involved grasp. But that's no longer the problem. Accelerating worldwide ... for the European schadenfreude that this was "just" a US problem. Developing Countries They also issued [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 21:20:15
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