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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.

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Milestones in strategic planning for business

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These goals provide a clear direction for the organization and serve as benchmarks for measuring progress. Strategies involve making choices about how to allocate resources, compete in the market, leverage strengths, address weaknesses, and respond to opportunities and threats.

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Should Facebook Buy eBay?

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million from Benchmark Capital and changed its name to eBay. Perhaps leveraging its social networks across all of its platforms around a Marketplace model could be one of those logical paths to explore. From the Living Room to the Basement. For much of its first decade, eBay was on a roll. In September of that year, eBay went public.

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Shared services raise the efficiency of the finance function

Future CFO

This allows the organisation’s core finance and accounting (F&A) operations to concentrate on more strategic work, such as financial analysis and planning. "We This transformation involves leveraging systems and re-engineering processes coupled with changing the way the teams work through upskilling and "re-culturing".

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2022 Best-Of Highlights From The Nerd’s Eye View Blog

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10 Key Performance Indicators For Financial Advisory Firms To Compare With Industry Benchmarking Studies – Industry benchmarking studies can be a valuable tool for advisory firm owners to make better business decisions. The key point is that firm owners can use benchmarking data to better understand how they can improve their business.

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101 Ways Financial Advisors Can Add Value For Their Clients

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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. leveraging trusts when appropriate, and selecting the optimal assets for charitable giving. Psychology Of Financial Planning.

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Transcript: Maria Vassalou

Barry Ritholtz

The hedge fund industry, generally, is outperforming their benchmarks. I hope it’s going to be shallow for the reasons we discussed that we are not getting into this environment with high leverage and high, you know — RITHOLTZ: Low unemployment — VASSALOU: Yes. You need the lower leverage than you used to need before.