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Dos en uno.FMI dice que la deuda española sobre el PIB llegará al 114% en 2021 el mayor nivel desde ¡1902!https://serenitymarkets.com/todos-los-comentarios/macro/fmi-dice-que-la-deuda-espanola-sobre-el-pib-llegara-al-114-en-2021-el-mayor-nivel-desde-1902/FMI advierte que puede haber disturbios sociales en los países que no tomen las medidas económicas adecuadas contra la crisis del virushttps://serenitymarkets.com/todos-los-comentarios/macro/fmi-advierte-que-puede-haber-disturbios-sociales-en-los-paises-que-no-tomen-las-medidas-economicas-adecuadas-contra-la-crisis-del-virus/
SoftBank’s Fake Startup “Valuations” Come UngluedBut those paper gains were fun while they lasted.The numbers are huge: SoftBank Group said that it would book a loss of $16.7 billion (¥1.8 trillion) at its Vision Fund for its fiscal year ended March 31, stemming “from a decrease in the fair value of investments due to the deteriorating market environment.” Separately, a spokesman of the fund told Barron’s that this loss included $9.9 billion in new losses.In November, SoftBank had already reported a loss for the quarter (ended September 30) of $9.0 billion (¥970 billion) on its tech funds, including the Vision Fund. Because the “market environment” was already deteriorating, as WeWork and some of its other investments were blowing up. No Covid-19 needed.But for its first quarter, ended June 30, SoftBank reported that it had been able to finagle an “unrealized valuation gain” of $3.8 billion at its Vision Fund and Delta Fund, “reflecting an increase in the fair values of OYO and its affiliate, Slack, Doordash, and other investments.”In plain English SoftBank was just inflating valuations as it went to show paper profits. And those companies and valuations have been getting ripped to shreds.This OYO is of course the Indian company Oyo Hotels & Homes that, with SoftBank’s huge investment, became in no time one of the largest and most chaotic global chains of leased and franchised hotels, homes, and living spaces. Last year, SoftBank inflated Oyo’s valuation to $10 billion. The charade too started blowing up late last year. Now, Oyo is in triage mode, freezing operations and laying off employees across the world.In addition, Oyo CEO Ritesh Agarwal had borrowed $2 billion to buy shares in OYO as its valuation was being inflated, and SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son personally guaranteed the loans. Tsk, tsk, tsk, what the heck were you thinking!?!Oyo is on the list of SoftBank’s strokes of genius that may not survive in their current form. That list includes other SoftBank shining mega-star investments, such as WeWork and real-estate mega-startup Compass, and a bunch of other startups, all of which are experts at burning large amounts of cash, and none of which have figured out yet how to break even. Some have already run aground after having been abandoned by SoftBank.SoftBank’s tech fund losses in the second quarter (ended Sep. 30) of $9.0 billion and in the fourth quarter (ended March 31) of $9.9 billion blew up the whole charade.The $97 billion Vision Fund was launched in May 2017 under immense hoopla with big investments from SoftBank, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and others. It became the creature that helped turn the startup bubble into the crazy startup mega-bubble. The Vision Fund plowed this huge pile of money into 88 startups, maniacally inflating their “valuations” at every step along the way.In no time, the “valuation” of WeWork was inflated to $47 billion, creating enormous paper profits while it lasted. WeWork started collapsing last year and has now stopped paying rent at some US locations. It included others such as Uber, that saw their valuations crater even before their IPOs, and then saw their shares crater further after their IPOs. And now comes Covid-19.SoftBank said in its statement that its net loss for the company overall for the fiscal year would be about $7 billion (¥750 billion), its biggest loss since going public in 1994, and the first annual net loss since 2005, the Nikkei reported, citing Capital IQ.But this $7 billion loss includes an increase in the accounting income from its stake in Alibaba Group Holdings, where SoftBank is now the largest holder.“These forecasts are intended to provide investors with prompt information on estimates of financial results in light of the deterioration in the current market environment,” SoftBank said.SoftBank made two super-successful investments: Alibaba when it was still a startup; and in 1996, it together with Yahoo founded Yahoo Japan (which in 2019 changed its name to Z Holdings Corp).Last month, in an effort to salvage what there is to salvage and prop up its own shares, SoftBank announced a plan: It would sell about $41 billion of its investment portfolio and use the proceeds to pay down $23 billion of its $100 billion or so in debt at the holding company, which would be good; and it would waste, blow, and incinerated the remaining $18 billion to buy back its own shares.The plan to incinerate $18 billion on share buybacks caused Moody’s to slash SoftBank’s credit rating by two notches, to Ba3, which is three notches into junk (my cheat sheet for corporate bond credit ratings), and placed it on review “for further downgrade.”Through the Vision Fund and in separate investment vehicles, SoftBank also has big stakes in Slack [WORK], in cancer medicine company Guardant Health [GH], and in ex-unicorn Zume, which tried to use a food truck with a robot that made the pizza while being delivered. In January, Zume reportedly laid off 80% of its staff. No Covid-19 needed.SoftBank invested in ecommerce startup Brandless, which announced in early February that it had shut down due a “fiercely competitive” ecommerce market that was “unsustainable” for its business. No Covid-19 needed.It invested in car-rental unicorn Getaround which announced in early January that it would lay off about a quarter of its staff after SoftBank refused to throw more good money after bad. Other SoftBank funded startups too started laying off people before Covid-19, including logistics unicorn Flexport.The entire startup universe had been getting boosted by SoftBank and the Vision Fund. Practically none of these companies had any plans to ever break even. All they knew how to do was burn cash. Uber, which has been at it for a decade, is still burning cash hand over fist. That was the model.The idea was that an endless stream of investor-money could always be relied upon to feed the cash-burn machines and that there would always be a bigger fool eager to buy them at ludicrous valuations.But that construct started coming unglued mid-2019, and pieces started falling off later in the year and earlier this year. Now there is Covid-19 and the lockdowns, and everything has changed, and even strong companies are struggling for survival and for bailouts, and who knows what’s even left over from SoftBank’s hyped and inflated startup universe when we come out at the other end of this.
Atreverse a tocar el cochecito, ¿un paso previo a tocar el pisito?https://www.eleconomista.es/energia/noticias/10483553/04/20/El-Gobierno-estudiara-utilizar-la-bici-como-principal-medio-de-transporte-tras-el-desconfinamiento.html?fbclid=IwAR2X7YOkE5rOErB3sJQqaCUA7nPRUOKXgfzXJz4a_Lrg2SWGxKCgTIsaWXMCitarEl Gobierno estudiará utilizar la bici como principal medio de transporte tras el desconfinamientoLa vicepresidenta encargará a los técnicos que estudien la medidaFrancia analiza una propuesta similarRubén Esteller15/04/2020 - 17:16La vicepresidenta cuarta y ministra de Transición Ecológica, Teresa Ribera, está dispuesta a implementar la bicicleta como el principal medio de transporte para la vuelta al trabajo cuando acabe el confinamiento.La titular del departamento así lo asegura en un mensaje en su cuenta de Twitter en la que indica que "Me parece una idea buenísima y una gran oportunidad en el marco de una movilidad distinta" tras una información que asegura que Francia ya estudia implementar esta medida.
El Gobierno estudiará utilizar la bici como principal medio de transporte tras el desconfinamientoLa vicepresidenta encargará a los técnicos que estudien la medidaFrancia analiza una propuesta similarRubén Esteller15/04/2020 - 17:16La vicepresidenta cuarta y ministra de Transición Ecológica, Teresa Ribera, está dispuesta a implementar la bicicleta como el principal medio de transporte para la vuelta al trabajo cuando acabe el confinamiento.La titular del departamento así lo asegura en un mensaje en su cuenta de Twitter en la que indica que "Me parece una idea buenísima y una gran oportunidad en el marco de una movilidad distinta" tras una información que asegura que Francia ya estudia implementar esta medida.
Atreverse a tocar el cochecito, ¿un paso previo a tocar el pisito?https://www.eleconomista.es/energia/noticias/10483553/04/20/El-Gobierno-estudiara-utilizar-la-bici-como-principal-medio-de-transporte-tras-el-desconfinamiento.html?fbclid=IwAR2X7YOkE5rOErB3sJQqaCUA7nPRUOKXgfzXJz4a_Lrg2SWGxKCgTIsaWXM
Bye bye, bitcoin.
Pues que la promocionen, vale, pero como medio principal, ni en sus mejores sueños, y más en las presentes circunstancias.Y los transportes públicos, quedarán fuertemente penalizados, además.Yo más bien veo promoción del teletrabajo a cascoporro, sobre todo si como parece las medidas de distanciamiento habrán de proseguir, como ya se dice, hasta 2022.¿Alguien se imagina cómo sería comer en un restaurante con las medidas de distanciamiento social que proponen, o dar clases en un aula?En todo caso, tomando el lema de mpt, aquí se va deflactar to quisque a guantazo limpio...
Glutted Oil Markets’ Next Worry: Subzero PricesTraders of physical barrels of crude brace for the possibility of negative pricing; traders of energy derivatives also waryThe coronavirus pandemic is turning oil markets upside down.While U.S. crude futures have shed half of their value this year, prices for actual barrels of oil in some places have fallen even further. Storage around the globe is rapidly filling and, in areas where crude is hard to transport, producers could soon be forced to pay consumers to take it off their hands—effectively pushing prices below zero.
"La implantación de teletrabajo se está realizando de forma improvisada, al margen de toda planificación y sin información suficiente a los empleados públicos"
EU and UK government to resume post-Brexit talks next weekThe two sides only managed one round of negotiations before coronavirus intervened
Hundreds of students in UK sign up to rent strikeStudents protest about being trapped in accommodation due to coronavirusHundreds of university students have signed up to a rent strike in protest at having to pay thousands of pounds for accommodation where they have become trapped as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.Many have complained they are stuck on near-deserted campuses where facilities and services have closed. Others say they cannot afford to pay because they have lost jobs vital to fund their living costs during their studies.Among those caught up in the lockdown are international students from countries across the globe, including China, Japan, Pakistan, India and the US, who are stranded thousands of miles away from their families.(...)Elsewhere, students living in privately owned accommodation are finding themselves tied into tenancy agreements costing thousands of pounds, even though many have travelled home to be with their families during the Covid-19 crisis.Students at the University of Warwick have also started a rent strike. While the university has waived rent and cancelled contracts for students renting on campus, many of those renting off-campus from private landlords are still obliged to pay, though many of the rentals will have been arranged via the university’s property management agency. A Facebook group in support of the strike has gathered more than 650 members.(...)A Warwick University spokesperson responded: “Off-campus renting during the current situation continues to present complex challenges to everyone concerned.“Our principal and immediate focus is on student hardship, ensuring that students with real financial support needs can access the support they need through the university’s students hardship scheme, rather than taking any other action that could lead them into potentially costly, and lengthy, legal disputes, particularly with private sector landlords.”
Cita de: panoli en Abril 15, 2020, 18:06:36 pmAtreverse a tocar el cochecito, ¿un paso previo a tocar el pisito?https://www.eleconomista.es/energia/noticias/10483553/04/20/El-Gobierno-estudiara-utilizar-la-bici-como-principal-medio-de-transporte-tras-el-desconfinamiento.html?fbclid=IwAR2X7YOkE5rOErB3sJQqaCUA7nPRUOKXgfzXJz4a_Lrg2SWGxKCgTIsaWXMTodo lo contrario. El Pisito ™ es intocable. Si quedaban dudas después del pinchazo de 2008 y siguientes, ahora ya tendría que estar clarísimo. La temporada veraniega de este año está irremisiblemente perdida. ¿Qué hacen los "poprietarios"? Ya lo hemos visto: se resignan a poner precios más bajos "mientras dure esto, pero luego lo vuelvo a subir".Teniendo en cuenta las prohibiciones de entrada a españoles que hay ya, ¿qué podemos esperar del turismo extranjero?Mientras, el ladrillero español sigue pensando que vendrán de donde sea, como si son alienígenas en platillos volantes.El coche es esencial para residir en muchos sitios, no necesariamente de provincias. Sin él, es prácticamente obligado vivir en un gran área metropolitana con buena red de transporte público. Con lo que la noticia insinúa que se da por perdido todo lo que no sea "Madrid y costa", y conservar como sea las grandes áreas urbanas.La industria automotriz en España tiene muchos puntos débiles. Entre otros, que se limita a ensamblar, casi todo es para exportación, sobreproduce, y tiene demasiado peso en la economía española. Aproximadamente un 10% del PIB y del empleo nada menos. Precisamente por eso no me trago que nuestros gerifaltes estén planeando siquiera una pequeña reducción de la automotriz. A menos, claro, que efectivamente sea una estrategia a la desesperada para impedir que el pisito pinche.
Cita de: sirou en Abril 15, 2020, 17:16:00 pmMe acaba de confirmar un compañero en Chicago que ha recibido limpios y directos 1.200$ en su cuenta bancaria.https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-paymentsY mientras tanto aquí el discurso oficial es que no va a haber inflación. Permitenme que lo dude y que sea crítico con esto. No puedo aceptar algo que no entiendo y mi reaccion natural es desconfiar.Es muy sencillo:El sistema productivo está tan avanzado que puede suplir la demanda existente, incluso varias veces. La producción de bienes está absolutamente sobredimensionada, y esto es un gran logro de la humanidad. Pero no siempre ha sido así.Esto se traduce directamente en que esos mil dólares no pueden hacer que suba el precio de las cosas.-¿El precio de los alimentos? Incluso en países pobres como España se tiran toneladas de frutas y hortalizas por pura estética, junto a millones de litros de leche. No hay mercado para ellos, no es una cuestión de poder adquisitivo, simplemente sobran.-¿El precio de la energía? Mas de la mitad son impuestos.-¿El precio de otros bienes? ¿Tecnología? Todas TODAS las factorías están sobredimensionadas y son capaces de producir más de lo que el mercado puede absorber. Cualquier fábrica de pasta de dientes o teléfonos móviles tiene capaciad para producir 2x o 3x. Si no lo hacen es porque no tienen -literalmente- a quien vendérselo; nadie se va a lavar los dientes 20 veces al día, ni a llevar 5 móviles en el bolsillo. Puedes cambiar de televisión cada año, da igual, las factorías siempre van a estar sacando modelos muy por encima de la demanda (de ahí el marketing).Esos mil dolares no van a hacer que unas zapatillas Adidas cuesten más caras. Al contrario es posible que incluso se pongan más baratas. Por ejemplo unas zapatillas Gucci de 500$ ahora son mas accesibles y eso resta clientes a Adidas, que ya de por sí tienen capacidad para inundar el planeta de sus zapatillas. Digo Adidas porque precisamente tiene que ser rescatada, y es precisamente porque no vende tantas zapatillas como es capaz de producir. También pueden entrar nuevos fabricantes -competencia- cuya cadena no esta tan optimizada. Esto se ve mejor en automoción, pero el caso es el mismo: todas están sobredimensionadas. Esto ya se vio en los 90 (la fabricación tiene menor margen que la intermediación) por eso se desvió toda la producción a China.Os pasais el día criticando a la automatización y cuando llega el momento de disfrutarla, os entra el miedo
Me acaba de confirmar un compañero en Chicago que ha recibido limpios y directos 1.200$ en su cuenta bancaria.https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-paymentsY mientras tanto aquí el discurso oficial es que no va a haber inflación. Permitenme que lo dude y que sea crítico con esto. No puedo aceptar algo que no entiendo y mi reaccion natural es desconfiar.
Cita de: lumina en Abril 15, 2020, 16:18:28 pmBye bye, bitcoin.Lo particular de las criptomonedas es que aunque todos los participantes quieren robar, ninguno puede hacerlo por que los demás le vigilan. No hay un control centralizado. No hay paridad con nada. Y eso es precisamente lo que les da el valor que tienen. Me temo que la criptomoneda china (como la venezolana, o cualquier otra de promoción estatal) no es un sustituto al bitcoin. No tiene sentido que el gobierno promocione una moneda que le desposee de una de sus herramientas de control más potentes.
Sustainable finance: Council adopts a unified EU classification systemThe EU is putting in place a common classification system to encourage private investment in sustainable growth and contribute to a climate neutral economy.The Council today adopted a regulation setting out an EU-wide classification system, or "taxonomy", which will provide businesses and investors with a common language to identify those economic activities which are considered environmentally sustainable.The taxonomy will enable investors to refocus their investments on more sustainable technologies and businesses. It will be key to enabling the EU to become climate neutral by 2050 and achieve the Paris agreement's 2030 targets. These include a 40% cut in greenhouse gas emissions, for which the Commission estimates that the EU has to fill an investment gap of about 180 billion EUR per year.The future framework will be based on six EU environmental objectives:1) climate change mitigation;2) climate change adaptation;3) sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources;4) transition to a circular economy;5) pollution prevention and control;6) protection and restauration of biodiversity and ecosystems.The taxonomy for climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation should be established by the end of 2020 in order to ensure its full application by end of 2021. For the four other objectives, the taxonomy should be established by the end of 2021 for application by the end of 2022.Today's decision was adopted by written procedure. It means that the Council has adopted its position at first reading. The regulation now needs to be adopted by the European Parliament at second reading before it can be published in the Official Journal and enter into force.