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Connecting the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet

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For any firm: "Earning net income increases retained earnings." Ofc conversely, negative income decreases retained earnings... diagram: And then more specifically for Bank accounting: The bank capital can be thought of as the book value of shareholders' equity on a bank's balance sheet. Because many banks revalue their financial assets more often than companies in other industries that hold fixed assets at a historical cost, shareholders' equity can serve as a reasonable proxy for the bank capital. Typical items featured in the book value of shareholders' equity include preferred equity, common stock and paid-in capital, retained earnings,... So negative income at the bank reduces bank capital... and will decrease any regulatory ratio of capital:assets...

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For any firm:

"Earning net income increases retained earnings."
Ofc conversely, negative income decreases retained earnings... diagram:

Connecting the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet

And then more specifically for Bank accounting:

The bank capital can be thought of as the book value of shareholders' equity on a bank's balance sheet. Because many banks revalue their financial assets more often than companies in other industries that hold fixed assets at a historical cost, shareholders' equity can serve as a reasonable proxy for the bank capital. Typical items featured in the book value of shareholders' equity include preferred equity, common stock and paid-in capital, retained earnings,...

So negative income at the bank reduces bank capital... and will decrease any regulatory ratio of capital:assets...

Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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