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In addition to a suite of banking products, a financial institution for a growing business offers numerous other services, says Silicon Valley Bank CEO Ken Wilcox. Way beyond simple checking and savings, a great commercial bank can offer a network of resources, such as advice on the logistics of company formation. And far beyond money management, the bank offers a powerful Rolodex of indispensable capital resources, a slew of service provi...more
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As an entrepreneur, Burrill says, it is essential to constantly challenge backhand knowledge, differentiate information from insight, and have a healthy aggressive attitude towards trying to build something of value. A VC chooses companies based on where the market place will be in the future and not where it is today. In merchant banking business, it is not about how many things one gets started, but how many things one completes, he notes.
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The rationale for targeting interest rates instead of directly having a money supply target.
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How banks can give out loans without ever giving out gold.
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More on how bank notes and checks can be used.
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Introduction to government debt and treasuries. What it means when we say that Federal Reserve Notes are issued by the Reserve bank but are an obligation of the Government.
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More on the weaknesses of fractional reserve banking. The FDIC and deposit insurance and its side effects.
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Introduction to the idea of a reserve bank.
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What leverage is. Why it is is good or bad. Leverage and insolvency.
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Summary of thoughts in last two videos. Discussion of why Fractional Reserve Banking is a subsidy to banks and allows them to arbitrage the yield curve.
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Getting off the gold standard. A short discussion of the meaning of wealth.
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Seeing how reserve ratios limit how much lending I can do.
