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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. This is part of the economic climate in which they operate and can impact customer insolvency. Weakened balance sheet.

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Transcript: Graeme Forster, Orbis Investments

Barry Ritholtz

  The transcript from this week’s MiB: Graeme Forster, Orbis Investments , is below. Barry Ritholtz] This week on the podcast, I have an extra special guest, Graham Foster’s pm at Orbis Investment Management. They have a truly unique approach to investing. What made you add economics to your, to your graduate degree?

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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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Delinquencies Up, But Canadian Firms Prove Resilient Through Market Turmoil

PYMNTS

PayNet’s data, which analyzed small business borrowing activity in February, found only a slight increase in SMB investment, but the seventh month in a row of loan origination decreases. jobs data are all affecting the currency, but that strong economic performance in the country is a good sign. “If

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

CFO News Room

Outside of work, he serves as a volunteer financial planner and class instructor for non-profits in the Northern Virginia area. 101 Things That Advisors Actually DO To Add Value (Beyond Just Allocating A Portfolio) – Traditionally, investment planning has been at the forefront of how financial advisors add value for their clients.

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Masters in Business: The Emerging Manager Playbook

Barry Ritholtz

Weinstein, Woodline Partners Co-Chief Investment Officer Mike Rockefeller, Fernbridge Capita Management Founder Brennan Diaz and Knighthead Capital Management Co-Founder Thomas Wagner. Taking a hedge fund approach to long-only investing. When you’re down 40 percent on average, it’s a huge loss to the industry.

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Performance Advertising Under the SEC’s Marketing Rule

CFO News Room

For investment advisers looking to attract prospective clients, advertising the performance of their investment strategies would be a logical way to market their services (at least if they had strong historical returns!). Executive Summary. Guest Contributor.