11 April 2008

An Accounting View of the Financial Credit Crisis


Here's a joke to cheer up GE shareholders on this difficult morning.
(Hat tip to Sean, the Irish gnome in Zurich)

There are two sides to a bank's balance sheet - the left side and the right side.

The problem is that, on the left side, there is nothing right,
and on the right side, there is nothing left!

And some weekend reading for Jeff Immelt.

As a reminder, US financial companies start reporting their quarterly results next week.