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		<title>Charting Banking XXIV: pre-tax pre-provision earnings</title>
		<link>http://variantperceptions.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/charting-banking-xxiv-pre-tax-pre-provision-earnings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PlanMaestro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If tangible common equity multiples have their issues, what is a good valuation alternative? If you trust the bank to survive its credit headwinds while at the same time its total revenues are growing, or at least stabilizing, I think it is fair to use some sort of multiple of normalized earnings. And if that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=variantperceptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9332851&amp;post=2653&amp;subd=variantperceptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Munger on patience</title>
		<link>http://variantperceptions.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/munger-on-patience-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PlanMaestro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Munger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many different things has Wesco done since Blue Chip Stamps? We&#8217;ve only bought two or three companies and made a few big stock purchases. We&#8217;ve probably made a significant decision every two years. But nobody manages money this way. For one thing, clients won&#8217;t want to pay you. But this is not fun, watching [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=variantperceptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9332851&amp;post=10&amp;subd=variantperceptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Carousel</title>
		<link>http://variantperceptions.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/the-carousel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PlanMaestro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[brands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer goods]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honoring the fallen &#8230; and a reminder of what is a brand. This device is not a spaceship, it&#8217;s a time machine. PS: just click through to get to YouTube and play the video<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=variantperceptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9332851&amp;post=2568&amp;subd=variantperceptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bank of America&#8217;s big improvement</title>
		<link>http://variantperceptions.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/bank-of-america-big-improvement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PlanMaestro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[turnaround]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brian Moynihan is not  the most charismatic of communicators but his prepared statement was excellent. You do not need the Irish gift of gab when you show results. Some people have said that the Bank of America&#8217;s results were made of paper-mache. As any participant of a Mexican piñata can testify, paper-mache can be very [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=variantperceptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9332851&amp;post=2551&amp;subd=variantperceptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eastman Kodak, legends of the past</title>
		<link>http://variantperceptions.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/eastman-kodak-legends-of-the-past/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PlanMaestro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[turnaround]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is a day of sorrow. Eastman Kodak, the icon of American invention, filed for bankruptcy protection. And not only that, it has been an incredible waste of shareholders&#8217; cash and resource over the last decade. One of the first posts on this blog, and one that I am proud of, was a review of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=variantperceptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9332851&amp;post=2540&amp;subd=variantperceptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dimon on housing</title>
		<link>http://variantperceptions.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/dimon-on-housing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PlanMaestro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Macroeconomics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I could not have said it better, with such a command of the facts, while impromptu in a conference call Q&#38;A. Demographics help the United States, it is not turning Japanese. And he does not fall in the temptation of making a prediction. Impressive. Yes, so let me answer the first in part. I think what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=variantperceptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9332851&amp;post=2518&amp;subd=variantperceptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Charting Banking XXIII: tangible common equity</title>
		<link>http://variantperceptions.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/charting-banking-tangible-common-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://variantperceptions.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/charting-banking-tangible-common-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PlanMaestro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buffett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distressed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[turnaround]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valuation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More than 3 years after Lehman, I continue to get involved in board discussions over the uses of the tangible common equity (TCE) and its close relative the TCE ratio. TCE ratio = Tangible Common Equity / Tangible Assets I am not a fan of using TCE for valuations, very seldom you will encounter a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=variantperceptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9332851&amp;post=2489&amp;subd=variantperceptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Banking quick review: asset quality</title>
		<link>http://variantperceptions.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/banking-quick-review-asset-quality/</link>
		<comments>http://variantperceptions.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/banking-quick-review-asset-quality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PlanMaestro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[variant perception]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The last part of bankregdata&#8216;s review of the banks&#8217; third quarter results. His emphasis is on asset quality and I do not think there are going to be many surprises for the readers that have been following the Charting Banking series despite the slightly different angle that Bill uses: Asset quality is improving fast Construction and development [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=variantperceptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9332851&amp;post=2442&amp;subd=variantperceptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Banking quick review: income statement</title>
		<link>http://variantperceptions.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/banking-quick-review-q3-2011-income-statement/</link>
		<comments>http://variantperceptions.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/banking-quick-review-q3-2011-income-statement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PlanMaestro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[turnaround]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As promised, this is BankRegData&#8217;s monthly comment follow-up. Some comments at the end. Pre-Tax Net Operating Income hit $48.82 Billion (1.65%): The quarter over quarter increase was $6.63 Billion. The $48.82 Billion figure is the highest since 2007 Q2 at $54.97 Billion (2.07%). The peak was $56.88 Billion in 2006 Q2 (2.29%). Let&#8217;s look first at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=variantperceptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9332851&amp;post=2423&amp;subd=variantperceptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Banking quick review: assets and liabilities</title>
		<link>http://variantperceptions.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/quick-review-q3-2011-balance-sheet/</link>
		<comments>http://variantperceptions.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/quick-review-q3-2011-balance-sheet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PlanMaestro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, thanks to Bill Moreland from BankRegData that granted us permission to post his latest commentary. Every month, he chooses some graphs from his service to address some critical issue. If you are not subscribed I suggest you doing so. His latest installment tackles the latest results of the banking system. We will start sharing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=variantperceptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9332851&amp;post=2408&amp;subd=variantperceptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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