Linkfest: China stress rises; Visualizing US housing bust, recovery, possible stall; Bill Gross’s “quirks”
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Today’s most shared:
- China markets start to price in risk someone will be left without a chair when the music stops.
- Visualizing the housing bust and recovery, as mortgages and home sales start to stall.
- How Zara shifts profits to low-tax jurisdictions.
- What makes a bank risky, and how to quantify it.
- Has Bill Gross lost it, or is he just driven and idiosyncratic?
- Is Bitcoin exchange collapse a parallel to MF Global? In MF Global’s case, investors eventually got their money back, despite apparent regulatory failure and misappropriation of investor funds, no such luck for Bitcoin afficionados.
China Credit Risk Gauge Rises to Record High as Swaps Avoided
Bloomberg
China’s credit-market gauges are triggering alarm bells, as banks grow cautious in lending to each other while investors prefer the safest government bonds.
shared by @TomLasseter, reddit/Economics, @niubi, @AlephBlog, @jennablan
Bloomberg
China’s credit-market gauges are triggering alarm bells, as banks grow cautious in lending to each other while investors prefer the safest government bonds.
shared by @TomLasseter, reddit/Economics, @niubi, @AlephBlog, @jennablan
Bubble to Bust to Recovery
Bloomberg
Visualizing Housing and the U.S. Economy.
shared by @ToddSullivan, @AntDeRosa, @HamzeiAnalytics, @NickTimiraos
Bloomberg
Visualizing Housing and the U.S. Economy.
shared by @ToddSullivan, @AntDeRosa, @HamzeiAnalytics, @NickTimiraos
Mortgage applications at lowest level in two decades
CNBC
A recent report clearly signals weakness in buyer demand heading into the usually busy spring housing season.
shared by @EddyElfenbein, @edwardnh, @cate_long, @AmerBanker
CNBC
A recent report clearly signals weakness in buyer demand heading into the usually busy spring housing season.
shared by @EddyElfenbein, @edwardnh, @cate_long, @AmerBanker
Biggest Banks Said to Face Asset Tax in Republican Plan
Bloomberg
The biggest U.S. banks and insurance companies would have to pay a quarterly 3.5 basis-point tax on assets exceeding $500 billion under a plan to be unveiled this week by Congress’s top Republican tax writer.
shared by @JacobWolinsky, @ryanchittum, @nasiripour, @eisingerj, Felix Salmon, @moorehn
Bloomberg
The biggest U.S. banks and insurance companies would have to pay a quarterly 3.5 basis-point tax on assets exceeding $500 billion under a plan to be unveiled this week by Congress’s top Republican tax writer.
shared by @JacobWolinsky, @ryanchittum, @nasiripour, @eisingerj, Felix Salmon, @moorehn
Ortega’s Zara Fashions Tax Avoidance by Shifting Profits to Alps
Bloomberg
A reason for Inditex’s industry-best profit margins of almost 15 percent: the company uses the kind of tax loopholes coming under increasing scrutiny from international regulators.
shared by @eisingerj, @TomLasseter, @Ian_Fraser, @BuzzFeedBen
Bloomberg
A reason for Inditex’s industry-best profit margins of almost 15 percent: the company uses the kind of tax loopholes coming under increasing scrutiny from international regulators.
shared by @eisingerj, @TomLasseter, @Ian_Fraser, @BuzzFeedBen
Ex-Madoff Executive Tells Jury She Wasn’t Fazed by Backdated Trades
Bloomberg
Annette Bongiorno, who ran the investment advisory business at the center of Bernard Madoff’s $17 billion Ponzi scheme, told a jury she backdated customer trades almost every day and didn’t realize it was wrong.
shared by Here Is The City, @retheauditors, @JohnLothian
Bloomberg
Annette Bongiorno, who ran the investment advisory business at the center of Bernard Madoff’s $17 billion Ponzi scheme, told a jury she backdated customer trades almost every day and didn’t realize it was wrong.
shared by Here Is The City, @retheauditors, @JohnLothian
Factors that Affect Bank Stability
New York Fed
In this post, we use the framework to study how several factors and policy instruments affect a bank’s risk of failure.
shared by @Alea_, @MarkThoma, @NYFed_news, @Kiffmeister
New York Fed
In this post, we use the framework to study how several factors and policy instruments affect a bank’s risk of failure.
shared by @Alea_, @MarkThoma, @NYFed_news, @Kiffmeister
The internet is f**ked
The Verge
Here’s a simple truth: the internet has radically changed the world. It is awesome. And we’re f**king everything up.
shared by @howardlindzon, @pkedrosky, @Alea_, @raju, @Techmeme
The Verge
Here’s a simple truth: the internet has radically changed the world. It is awesome. And we’re f**king everything up.
shared by @howardlindzon, @pkedrosky, @Alea_, @raju, @Techmeme
Mohammed El-Erian May Have Left Pimco Because Of A Chronic And Debilitating Condition That Caused Him To Regularly Look People In The Eye
Dealbreaker
shared by @LaurenLaCapra, @danprimack, @moorehn, @carney
Dealbreaker
shared by @LaurenLaCapra, @danprimack, @moorehn, @carney
Everybody Should Get Off Bill Gross’s Back
bloombergview.com
Bill Gross, the legendary bond-fund manager may be quirky, but that’s no reason to send him out to pasture.
shared by @TheStalwart, @M_C_Klein, @ThemisSal, @finansakrobat, @AlephBlog
bloombergview.com
Bill Gross, the legendary bond-fund manager may be quirky, but that’s no reason to send him out to pasture.
shared by @TheStalwart, @M_C_Klein, @ThemisSal, @finansakrobat, @AlephBlog
Defending Bitcoin, Andreessen Says Mt. Gox Is ’Like MF Global’
New York Times
Marc Andreessen, whose firm has invested millions of dollars in Bitcoin-related start-ups, portrayed the apparent collapse of the Mt. Gox exchange as an isolated problem, but his comparison to MF Global struck some observers as less than comforting.
shared by @kaylatausche, @JacobWolinsky, @JohnLothian, @moorehn
New York Times
Marc Andreessen, whose firm has invested millions of dollars in Bitcoin-related start-ups, portrayed the apparent collapse of the Mt. Gox exchange as an isolated problem, but his comparison to MF Global struck some observers as less than comforting.
shared by @kaylatausche, @JacobWolinsky, @JohnLothian, @moorehn
Andreessen On The Future of the News Business: A Monumental Twitter Stream All in One Place
a16z.com
shared by NYT Dealbook, @danprimack, @AntDeRosa, Reformed Broker
a16z.com
shared by NYT Dealbook, @danprimack, @AntDeRosa, Reformed Broker
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