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Tales from the Dark Side

Barry Ritholtz

What he saw stunned him: The previous broker outsourced much of his asset management to third-party managers; Digging into the specifics he was gobsmacked by the details: Sub-$1m accounts charged 1.25% for a high turnover, actively managed SMA which lagged its benchmark by a few 100 basis points. First Rule of Running Other Peoples’ Money?

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How to mitigate insolvency risk

Future CFO

Shorten your supply chains and avoid concentration in one geographic region. Review the credit terms you extend to customers and suppliers, and benchmark your trade terms against the rest of your industry. Always evaluate your client’s creditworthiness before signing agreements. Go digital as much as possible to make “pivoting” easier.

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10 KPIs to Track Business Performance

The Finance Weekly

They are widely used in , strategic planning and reporting to guide investment decisions. This measure aids in predicting future profits and establishing profitability goals and benchmarks. Simply put, it shows how much profit you make for every pound invested in your business.

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Milestones in strategic planning for business

Spreadym

These goals provide a clear direction for the organization and serve as benchmarks for measuring progress. Operational planning , on the other hand, has a shorter time frame and concentrates on the immediate or near-term activities that need to be carried out to achieve the strategic objectives.

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In Search of Safe Havens: The Trust Deficit and Risk-free Investments!

Musings on Markets

In every introductory finance class, you begin with the notion of a risk-free investment, and the rate on that investment becomes the base on which you build, to get to expected returns on risky assets and investments. What is a risk free investment?

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Transcript: Tom Hancock, GMO

Barry Ritholtz

I love finding these people who are just absolute rock stars within their space that most of the investing public probably is not familiar with, haven’t heard about them. Its index and its benchmark. Tremendous track record, unusual background comes from computer science and software and, and pivoted into quantitative investing.

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Re-Packaging Apps To Sell: What Will It Take?

PYMNTS

The new version of the App Store was crafted to drive more app discovery and downloads through the separation of apps and games, increased investment in editorial content and features like “App of the Day,” which gives exposure to different developers daily. More than half of U.S. In 2016, that percentage dropped to 0.05