The Motley Fool

MAY 3, 2024

In addition to business growth and impact, MercadoLibre has a consistent track record of generating shareholder value since our IPO in 2007. So, overall, I would say that Argentina was a headwind in terms of EBIT, partially compensated at the net income level because of the lower FX and lower taxes that we paid this quarter in Argentina.

Banks 130

Banks Leveraging Accounting Financial Services 130

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

At Citi, in 2007, fantastic timing, you take over as Head of Structured Solutions. And so, 2007, I came over to Citi. And when you think about market timing was 2007 the best time to — to make a move, but it ended up being a perfect time actually long-term for — for my career. BITTERLY MICHELL: Always risk.

Banks 119

Banks Assets Capital Hedge Funds 119

Pension Pulse

JULY 18, 2023

The Global Pension Transparency Benchmark is a world first global standard for pension disclosure, bringing a focus to transparency in a bid to improve pension outcomes for members. Costs matter, and they should be understood, managed, and disclosed. Cost reporting seems to be the area where funds flounder a little bit,” Heuberger says.

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The Big Picture

JULY 11, 2023

I could do my own taxes. JOHNSON: Exactly, the tax… RITHOLTZ: The negative on a mutual fund is phantom taxes. We love the product and our clients have found it to be tremendously useful in terms of managing and offsetting capital gain taxes. And then when you’re old, it’s like, whatever it costs.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

They said, hey, if you're involved, chill the auction and no one wants to bid, and so you can't even show up. Subsequent to that, I got barred from participating in the auction to sell off the parts. Which was interesting. I just got to sit and wait. It was a wild ride. David Gardner: Fantastic story Sunny.

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Due Diligence Mergers and Acquisitions Capital Public Companies 130

The Big Picture

JANUARY 9, 2024

I published what’s called a comment, so like a very short one about this great tax law case with this guy who like won the lottery and then wanted to get his lottery winnings treated as capital gains. You know, it was all this like structuring and like tax and legal and accounting stuff. Matt Levine : 00:03:44 You know, I did.

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Mergers and Acquisitions Law Firms Hedge Funds Finance 52

The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

I remember once, one of my colleagues says that a friend, one of the French Lazard Frerers partners was asked by a sort of junior, “How much should we tell our client to bid?” I was having lunch with Jeremy in the summer of 2007, just after the Bear Stearns hedge fund started blowing up. There’s sort of cynicism in corporate finance.

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Finance Financing Banks Hedge Funds 59

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

And even before the pandemic, we had changes in laws like the mansion tax, the rent law changed so that conversions of existing buildings are almost impossible. RITHOLTZ: More than that, double, and it’s no bargain in terms of real estate taxes. Florida real estate taxes are like New York real estate taxes.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Does it make sense that current sentiment readings are worse than: 1980-82 Double Dip Recession, 1987 Crash, 1990 Recession, 9/11 Terrorist Attacks, 2000-2003 Dotcom implosion, 2007-09 Great Financial Crisis, 2020 Pandemic Panic. ( Financial Times ). • New York Times ). Slate ). • Wall Street Journal ).

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The robotic riser bolting system automates the riser joint connection process, one of the most taxing and hazardous activities we perform offshore. Farther East, more programs are beginning to materialize in Australia for late 2026 and 2007. Cash taxes for the year are forecasted to be between $65 million and $70 million.

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Assets Legal Taxes Capital 147

The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

And there was one conversation very early in my career, this was actually 2007, where I was interviewing with an asset manager and I pre-meeting, asked them what they thought of the market. Alternatives and alternative strategies tend to be less tax efficient, more opaque. See ya, you’re getting a margin call.

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Returns Mutual Funds Leveraging Hedge Funds 59

The Big Picture

AUGUST 12, 2022

I am away this week for my annual sojourn to Maine, a trip I have been making since 2007. Harry Truman famously called the entire Federal Open Market Committee to lunch at the White House, warning, “If you don’t cut rates, you are doing Stalin’s bidding.” Light posting this week, but here is my 2019 write-up for Businessweek.

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Banks Bidding Taxes Capital 75

Pension Pulse

JANUARY 24, 2025

Trump's call at Davos for cuts to US interest rates , oil prices, and taxes spurred investor optimism for his policies, buoying stocks this week. The bank's governor, Kazuo Ueda, signalled this latest rate hike in advance in a bid to avoid another market shock. after the index hit its first record high of 2025 on Thursday.

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