Comments on: US 2009 Q1 GDP Numbers http://www.onemint.com/2009/04/30/us-2009-q1-gdp-numbers/ Helps You Make Better Financial Decisions Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Deciphering the GDP Numbers | Weakonomi¢s http://www.onemint.com/2009/04/30/us-2009-q1-gdp-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-26718 Deciphering the GDP Numbers | Weakonomi¢s Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:05:38 +0000 http://www.onemint.com/?p=1514#comment-26718 [...] contracted by 1% in the last quarter, which was significantly lesser than the previous quarter, and this raised the hopes of a [...] [...] contracted by 1% in the last quarter, which was significantly lesser than the previous quarter, and this raised the hopes of a [...]

]]> By: John Hunter http://www.onemint.com/2009/04/30/us-2009-q1-gdp-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-18765 John Hunter Mon, 04 May 2009 02:55:04 +0000 http://www.onemint.com/?p=1514#comment-18765 One thing to remember is plenty of companies actually have stronger balance sheets than any time in the past. Poorly managed companies that let follish wall street analysts push them to over-leverge had some trouble and of course the foolish companies that pay those analysts were about all over-leveraged. But the failure of banks/financial companies to manage their balance sheets was not shared by most productive companies. That is my understanding that I am attempting to find supporting evidence for. It appears that is correct, though I have been upable to find good original data sources yet. The borrowing in the USA is led by financial companies and then government and consumers. Companies (other than financial companies which have been by far the biggest part of the problem in failure to understand appropriate financing) have actually not been huge borrowers. It seems it is rare companies today that were so foolish as too over-leverage and get in trouble (mainly financial firms that couldn't do basic financial planning and a few that followed advice from investment bankers and over-leveraged). And the credit crisis created debt-market problems for companies that relied on short term money market borrowing as part of their debt plan. Though that problem has diminished recently. One thing to remember is plenty of companies actually have stronger balance sheets than any time in the past. Poorly managed companies that let follish wall street analysts push them to over-leverge had some trouble and of course the foolish companies that pay those analysts were about all over-leveraged. But the failure of banks/financial companies to manage their balance sheets was not shared by most productive companies. That is my understanding that I am attempting to find supporting evidence for. It appears that is correct, though I have been upable to find good original data sources yet.

The borrowing in the USA is led by financial companies and then government and consumers. Companies (other than financial companies which have been by far the biggest part of the problem in failure to understand appropriate financing) have actually not been huge borrowers. It seems it is rare companies today that were so foolish as too over-leverage and get in trouble (mainly financial firms that couldn’t do basic financial planning and a few that followed advice from investment bankers and over-leveraged). And the credit crisis created debt-market problems for companies that relied on short term money market borrowing as part of their debt plan. Though that problem has diminished recently.

]]> By: Manshu http://www.onemint.com/2009/04/30/us-2009-q1-gdp-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-18607 Manshu Fri, 01 May 2009 17:06:43 +0000 http://www.onemint.com/?p=1514#comment-18607 @Mikael, My real plan is to wait for so long that the problem solves itself ;) On a more serious note, I think there has been a lot of excess leverage by corporations and individuals and it can only be unwound with the passage of time (and considerable money) and that's really all I meant in the last line. @Mikael, My real plan is to wait for so long that the problem solves itself ;)

On a more serious note, I think there has been a lot of excess leverage by corporations and individuals and it can only be unwound with the passage of time (and considerable money) and that’s really all I meant in the last line.

]]> By: Mikael @ RetireRichRoadmap http://www.onemint.com/2009/04/30/us-2009-q1-gdp-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-18586 Mikael @ RetireRichRoadmap Fri, 01 May 2009 08:06:41 +0000 http://www.onemint.com/?p=1514#comment-18586 Don't you feel that this is actually one of the main problems that people have? The "Waiting" part? There are lots and lots of people making tons of money this very day because they have decided not to wait but instead ACT. Waiting for someone else to fix the problem is IMO a poor plan to follow :) Don’t you feel that this is actually one of the main problems that people have? The “Waiting” part? There are lots and lots of people making tons of money this very day because they have decided not to wait but instead ACT. Waiting for someone else to fix the problem is IMO a poor plan to follow :)

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