Archive - Dec 19, 2009 - Story

In the time before Bernanke, long-ago, investors cared about such arcana as cash flow statements, balance sheet (and even income statement before GAAP decided to play dead and allow companies, especially banks, to single-handedly determine what Earnings are). In this analysis, we highlight several cautionary trends that have emerged in the cumulative balance sheet of S&P 500 companies over the recent turbulent period. Our preliminary observations: even as balance sheet leverage has continued climbing, the assets of S&P 500 companies continue generating less and less cash flow, which begs the question: where will the next "efficiency paradigm" come from? And when.

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