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How to mitigate insolvency risk

Future CFO

Declining profitability: For example, are your sales lower or your cost of goods sold higher? Poor interest coverage ratio: This shows operating profits may not be able to cover interest expenses. There is also the natural climate to take into account. Shorten your supply chains and avoid concentration in one geographic region.

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10 Tuesday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz

Institutional Investor ) • Retail Group Retracts Startling Claim About ‘Organized’ Shoplifting : The National Retail Federation had said that nearly half of the industry’s $94.5 Wired ) • Greedflation: corporate profiteering ‘significantly’ boosted global prices, study shows. It was likely closer to 5 percent. (

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APAC capital markets during the COVID-19 crisis

Future CFO

We expect Credit and Political Risk Insurance (CPRI) to play an important and increasing role in supporting lenders in mitigating risk, overcoming concentration issues and improving capital adequacy. James Ponsford: Asia and Singapore, in particular, is a commodities hub with commodity trading business accounting to 4.5%

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Invisible, yet Invaluable: Valuing Intangibles in the Birkenstock IPO!

Musings on Markets

The Value of Intangible Assets Accounting has historically done a poor job dealing with intangible assets, and as the economy has transitioned away from a manufacturing-dominated twentieth century to the technology and services focused economy of the twenty first century, that failure has become more apparent.

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A Business Upended: Streaming disrupts the Entertainment Business!

Musings on Markets

The music companies provided marketing support, seeking out radio stations that would carry their music, and distributional backing to get albums to retailers. The top one percent of musicians account for ninety percent of all music streams and close to sixty percent of revenues from concerts.

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Amazon’s Retail Swiss Army Knife

PYMNTS

At the ripe old age of 120, the Swiss Army knife holds a unique place in retail. Now, the idea of an Amazon Echo with a touchscreen is not exactly new — it was reported in November 2016 that mega e-retailer Amazon was working on such a device — whose code name is said to be the Amazon Knight. Many of whom are also named Karl.

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101 Ways Financial Advisors Can Add Value For Their Clients

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Outside of work, he serves as a volunteer financial planner and class instructor for non-profits in the Northern Virginia area. Another area where advisor expertise can add value for clients is in the decision-making process surrounding employee stock options or an otherwise concentrated stock position. Retirement Planning.