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Musings on Markets: Data Update 5 for 2022: The Bottom Line!

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The question of whether a company is making or losing money should be a simple one to answer, especially in an age where accounting statements are governed by a myriad of rules, and a legion of number-crunchers follow these rules to report profits generated by a firm.

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Musings on Markets: Data Update 1 for 2023: Setting the table!

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Thus, market capitalization, interest rates and risk premiums, the data is as of that date. For accounting flow items , in income statements and statements of cash flows, such as revenues, earnings and expenses, I used the data in the most recent twelve months of reporting ; for most firms, that data is from October 2021 to September 2022.

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Restructuring Compensation And Roles To Align For Growth

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” look at the Monte Carlo simulations, look at what is the hurdle rate. But we want it on the calendar so that we keep clients and ourselves accountable so that we make sure that those meetings actually do happen. But really the main driver in that first meeting is, “Hey, we’ve got to update the financial plan.