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dimanche 6 octobre 2013

No, Making Banks Hold More Capital Is Not Going To Wreck Lending Or The Economy

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UH-oh, todo el mundo: los banqueros advierten que la economía estadounidense podría estar en serios problemas. No porque los banqueros destrozados lo otra vez, como ese tiempo pasado, sino porque estamos siendo media a los banqueros.

Afortunadamente, estos bancos son probablemente equivocados.

Como ellos, Banco criticones han apresurado para advertir que el mayor capital de Banco requisitos propuso el martes por la Reserva Federal, oficina de la Contraloría de la moneda y la Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation se ralentizará préstamos y el crecimiento económico, hacer menos competitiva frente a competidores europeos de los bancos norteamericanos y ser cruel con los cachorros y gatitos.

La primera cita en la historia de Wall Street Journal del miércoles (sólo suscripción) sobre las nuevas reglas de la capitales, de hecho, es esa una advertencia de un representante de la banca:

"Requisitos cada vez mayores de capitales, mientras que un elemento crucial de la seguridad y solidez, pueden ser prohibitivos y llevar a la reducida capacidad para prestar", Rob Nichols, Presidente del Foro de servicios financieros, un grupo de presión para el conjunto demasiado grande para fallar, dice el WSJ.

La tercera cita en esa misma historia (después de una cita de ex FDIC jefe Sheila Bair, equilibrio) viene de flak otra banca--ex gobernador de Minnesota Tim Pawlenty, ahora presidente de la mesa redonda de servicios financieros, otro banco, presión de grupo, que advierte que los bancos estadounidenses se "pondría en una situación de desventaja competitiva global" si tienen que tener más capital que otros bancos.

Estos son sus argumentos de banquero repetitivo contra el Reglamento, hecho más frecuente y famoso por JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon en respuesta a la amenaza de mayores requerimientos de capitales y restricciones más severas en la toma de riesgos de banco a raíz de la crisis financiera.

De hecho, estas respuestas son tan deprimente predecibles que Stanford financiar profesor Anat Admati y Martin Hellwig del Instituto Max Planck, autores del libro reciente, ropa nueva de los banqueros: ¿Qué está mal con Banca y qué a hacer sobre él, han reunido una refutación punto por punto de estos y varios otros tales argumentos. Ver reclamos 9 y 10, 22 y 23, para empezar.

"Muchos bancos, incluyendo la mayor parte de los grandes bancos en Estados Unidos, no incluso utilizan todos los fondos que obtienen de los depositantes para conceder préstamos," escritura Admati y Hellwig. "Si los bancos no hacen préstamos, por lo tanto, el problema no es la falta de fondos ni una incapacidad para recaudar más fondos para préstamos rentables, pero más bien opciones de los bancos para centrarse en otras inversiones en su lugar."

En otras palabras, requisitos de capital bancario no afectan el deseo de los bancos de prestar dinero casi tanto como la calidad de los prestatarios, el clima económico y otros factores. Se hace eco de los resultados de un estudio de 2010 por los economistas de la Reserva Federal Jose M. Berrospide y Rochelle M. Edge, quien escribió (cursivas en el original):

Mientras que nuestros resultados empíricos sugieren relativamente modesto e fectos de déficits de capital y el crecimiento de las colocaciones, los coeficientes de capital encontrar papeles más importantes de otros factores como la actividad económica y mayor percepción de riesgo por los bancos. Una interpretación de este resultado es que los bancos... dan relativamente poca consideración a su posición de capital al momento de decidir si se va a prestar y por el contrario permitir que otros factores tales como préstamos demanda y riesgo para guiar sus decisiones.

Más importante aún, si los bancos tienen más capital, será más probable que prestar en la próxima crisis e hipercompetitivo. Sin duda serán menos probabilidades de necesitar rescates masivos contribuyente, por lo menos--que es el punto de este ejercicio conjunto capitalización.

En cualquier caso, la capital de estos bancos tendrán que levantar bajo estas nuevas normas seguirá siendo bastante modesta--$89 billones más o menos, dividido entre ocho de los mayores bancos del mundo, durante un período de cinco años. Asciende a $2,25 billones por Banco, en promedio, al año.

"Estos son los bancos que en promedio tienen ganancias que superan los $4 billones por trimestre, o $16 billones por año," Notas de Dennis Kelleher, CEO de mejores mercados, un grupo de defensa de la reforma financiera en Washington. "A lo sumo, afectaría beneficios menos del 10 por ciento por año para cada uno de los próximos cinco años. Así que la exigencia de capital es risiblemente baja."

Eso $89 billones es también un loogie en el Pacífico en comparación con el estimado $12,8 trillones la crisis financiera cuestan a la economía de Estados Unidos, según un estudio de mercados mejor.

"Cuando dicen reforma financiera diseñada para proteger al pueblo estadounidense y evitar otra crisis duele el crecimiento o el empleo, totalmente ignoran que el último colapso financiero y la próxima haremos más daño al crecimiento, el empleo y el nivel de vida de todos los estadounidenses que cualquier regla o reglamento o la totalidad de las normas o reglamentos," dice Kelleher. "Nunca mencionan".

En cuanto al tema de si los bancos estadounidenses perderán su ventaja competitiva si tienen más capital, que es ridículo en su cara--bancos mensurable más saludables deben tener un tiempo más fácil recaudar fondos y atraer a clientes. Los criticones Banco parecen querer es para que los bancos poder asumir riesgos más grandes para mayor rentabilidad a corto plazo, que no es comportamiento que exactamente queremos fomentar, ¿es?

"Si algunos países permiten tontamente sus bancos establecer estrategias muy arriesgadas y a endeudarse excesivamente," Admati y Hellwig escribir, "esto no es una razón por qué otros países deben hacer lo mismo".

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vendredi 23 août 2013

Veteran Jeremiah Espinoza Overcomes Blindness To Create Successful Whip Making Business (WATCH)

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With a strong enough entrepreneurial spirit, not even the failure of sight can slow down some small business owners.

Take Utah man Jeremiah Espinoza, for example. A United States Army veteran, Espinoza is running a successful business making whips despite losing 99 percent of his eyesight from an injury sustained shortly after his return from the first Gulf War, KSL reports. Espinoza says his disability actually helps him make the whips that are still used by cattle drivers today. In 2012, Espinoza and his company Blind Man's Whips was recognized by the Utah State University Small Business Development Center.

"This is really the spirit of entrepreneurism,” Mark Holmes, director of the Utah State University Small Business Development Center, told UBMedia. “Getting knocked down, and getting back up, doing something new and trying it and if that doesn’t work you try something else, you just keep trying and going.”

Indeed, Espinoza isn't the only entrepreneur to overcome blindness to start a successful business. Nashville woman Diane Ross overcame blindness to become known as "The Amazing Quilter" due to the success of her business, according to Tomorrow's Trends. Computer programmer Michael Arbitman also didn't let his lack of vision deter him from working to create an insulin pump that can be used by blind people, the Global Genes Project reports.

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jeudi 8 août 2013

Lisa M. Dietlin: Making a Difference: The World of Giving -- US Charitable Giving in 2012 Increases Again But Slowly

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Yes, it's that time of year again when the numbers for donations in the previous year are released and everyone is wondering what happened in 2012. Did Americans make more or less charitable donations to their favorite charitable causes? Will giving ever return to the levels seen in 2007 which was the height of philanthropic contributions before the recession hit?

Giving USA Foundation with its research partner the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, released their annual look at philanthropy in the United States (a survey done annually since 1956) today, and the news for 2012 is very interesting, giving a snapshot of not just the landscape of charitable donations but of our people and country overall.

The good news is that, for the second year in a row, donations to the nonprofit sector increased. In 2012 they increased by 3.5% percent (1.5% when adjusted for inflation). This means gifts made by individuals, including bequests, as well as donations from corporations and foundations totaled $316.23 billion!

Americans continue to be seen as the most generous people in the world. Did you know that giving by INDIVIDUALS -- people like you and me -- account for almost 80% of all donations made in 2012 especially when you include bequests? And this is not unique to last year, but has been the trend for the last few years, even throughout the recent economic recession.

Here is a closer look at some of the interesting facts of this report. While individuals still account for the largest portion of the donations, there was a large increase from the corporate sector -- 12.2% -- to an estimated $18.15 billion. While this is far from the amounts individuals contribute, it is a sign that the strong gains being made in the corporate sector, especially in pre-tax profits, are being translated into higher donations to the charitable sector as a whole. However, even with this large increase, corporate giving represents only 6% of the total contributions made in 2012 and this includes an estimated $131 million made to relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

2012, following trends from 2011, continues to show encouraging signs of a recovery in the nonprofit sector. As shared last year, this steady increase in giving is definitely good news but the recovery has been slow with some experts saying the slowest recovery in the last 40 years following a recession. Some may ask, with so many Americans still struggling with the recovery, how could there be an increase in the charitable donations? Some reading this will question how they can make a difference, often mistakenly thinking that the ultra-wealthy are the only ones able to make gifts to charity. I would counter by sharing that past surveys usually indicate that half of the donations from individuals come from people with household incomes under $100,000. I expect this trend to continue. Remember, Americans, even in tough times, continue to give - neighbors still help neighbors; friends and family members still look out for each other, all believing they can and should be Making a Difference®.

For Americans wanting to make a difference there are plenty of choices. Right now more than 1.5 million nonprofit organizations exist in the US and most are trying to change things for the better nationally as well as internationally. And as the IRS receives an average of 100 applications a day from for new nonprofits to be formed; hence, the choices of where to make your donation are endless. To narrow down the options, I recommend looking at the sectors in which you would like to make a difference. See how they did last year; perhaps you will want to choose a sector that did well or one that needs increased support.

Remember, individuals -- just like you -- have an opportunity to affect what gets done and how.

And YOU are able to make the change happen with the issues and causes you care most about by making a donation of $25 or $50, $100, $500, $1,000 or much more.

So in 2012, here is how American giving sorted out...

Individuals represented, as noted above, 73% of total giving or228.93 billionBequests were at 7% or23.41 billionCorporate giving (corporations and corporate foundations) had the largest increase as shared earlier in this blog at 12.2% or18.15 billionFoundation donations were up by 4.4% to an estimated45.74 billion


... and where that money is going, with the subsectors that saw increases:

Education again saw increases for the second year totaling 7% or41.33 billion; this sector still ranks far behind religion, which while flat (meaning no increase or decrease in comparison to 2011) received donations of101.54 billion (another sector that was flat was International Affairs after seeing a 6% increase last year)Human Services was up again by 3.8% or40.40 billion; again this includes223 million in support giving to organizations working on Hurricane Sandy relief and recovery effortsHealth donations also saw an increase for the second year; the increase was 4.9% or28.12 billionPublic-Society benefit support (such as the United Way, Combined Federal Campaign and other groups that redistribute donations) was up 5.4% or21.63 billion; this sector also received54 million donated to nonprofit organizations assisting people affected by Hurricane Sandy.Support of Arts, Culture and Humanities was up by 7.8% with online giving being a strong component of the increaseGiving to Environmental and Animal organizations rose by 6.8% or8.3 billion


These two subsectors saw decreases in donations:

Giving to Foundations decreased by 4.6%, but adjusted for inflation that number increases to 6.5%Giving to Individuals also decreased for a second year by 6.8%; as an FYI the majority of these donations are in-kind gifts of medications to patients made through the Patient Assistance Program of pharmaceutical companies' operating foundations


So how do you fit in? How can you participate? How do you work to make a difference?

Here are five (5) tips you might want to consider for making your charitable donations this year while ensuring you will be Making A Difference (M.A.D.):

Ponder the things in your world you care about. What are your deepest interests? Then develop a plan to support organizations that works for change in those areas - locally or regionally or nationally or even internationally.Consider the needs of your community, and which nonprofit organizations are handling them; you can find this out by looking online, reading the newspaper, watching a newscast or asking your neighbors, family members or friends.Add charitable donations to your annual budget, so that your support can grow without straining your other needs; you can even set up a donation plan so your gift happens automatically on a monthly or quarterly basis via your bank debit card or credit card.Teach your children the habit of philanthropy by putting aside a part of their allowance or money they make for making donations; research with them where it can go at the end of the year (and if you match this gift it can go twice as far)!Learn about estate planning so you can make a difference far into the future; in fact, you'll find there are planned gifts that pay YOU on a regular basis (look into "charitable gift annuities" to learn more).


Even though 2012 is showing an increase in giving again, the need continues to be great. Some experts predict it could take up to seven (7) years for charitable donations to return to pre-recession giving numbers. It's important to remember that all of us working will ensure those in need will have access to the services and programs. So take a look at where you want to Make a Difference®; there are lots of ways to get there. Just consider, are you M.A.D. today?

To learn more about the study on 2012 giving, please visit: www.givingusareports.org

Follow Lisa M. Dietlin on Twitter: www.twitter.com/lisadietlin

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vendredi 31 mai 2013

Will Smith Making Noises: The Supercut (VIDEO)

Finally, someone cut together a video featuring all the weird noises Will Smith makes in movies. Truly, no one is better at this than he.

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