The Big Picture

JULY 1, 2025

Bachelor’s in economics and a BS in computer science from Wellesley in Boston and then an MBA from Harvard Business School. So it was Pascal then c plus plus, and then I took an economics class and that’s when the lights went off because it was a very mathematical field in many ways, but also with a link to the Rio economy.

Investments

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 1, 2025

This is more than overconfidence, the DKE is how poorly we are at metacognition assessing our own abilities at a specific task Look at the history of performance and the small number of professional investors who outperform their benchmarks over 1, 5, 10, and 20 years. What are some examples of bad numbers?

Investments

Musings on Markets

JUNE 17, 2025

In fact, there are economies, especially in emerging markets, where the bulk of economic activity occurs in the private business space, with only a small subset of businesses meeting the public listing/trading threshold. Where's the beef? That may have been true then, but that perception has faded for many reasons.

Investments

Future CFO

AUGUST 10, 2025

The numbers speak for themselves. In a region where cross-border trade is the lifeblood of economic activity, the inefficiencies of traditional settlement systems have long been a bottleneck. Singapore’s 2023 stablecoin regulatory framework established an early benchmark, providing legal certainty for both issuers and users.

Compliance

CFO Talks

JANUARY 30, 2025

Below are the key takeaways from this insightful discussion: The Foundation of a Strategic Vision Roger shared that a successful strategic vision starts with identifying the “magic numbers” for a business. At CFO Centre, we talk about “magic numbers.” Roger Castle: Hi, Leana. often a great way to gain buy-in.

Communication

Global Finance

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

By providing immediate cash flow, SCF helps suppliers avoid the pitfalls of traditional loans that can be challenging to secure during economic downturns. billion by 2033 as economic and geopolitical pressures reshape how businesses approach working capital and financing. billion in 2024 and is expected to reach $15.2

Finance

The Big Picture

JUNE 23, 2025

trillion in change and we think that number is gonna get to six by the end of the decade for the industry. 00:15:23 [Speaker Changed] Yeah, it, and it’s a number of things and, and we’ve talked about these trends. Not quite sure where, why that focus shifted to ETFs, but it was ETFs and probably a number of other things.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

CFO Strategic Partners

APRIL 14, 2025

Ultimately, lack of financial know-how can leave you unprepared for shifting economic conditions that could undermine revenue and growth. EBITDA measures operational earnings (not capital investments), and it is often a better profitability benchmark than net income.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 29, 2025

You get a bachelor’s in economics from Colgate and then an MBA in finance from NYU Stern. I was an economics and English major. So that, that number ultimately is about 40 billion of our 150 billion of equity. So I, I certainly understand the risk of performance relative to a benchmark. I was a liberal arts major.

Concentration

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

But when you look at emerging markets and when you look at value, the opportunity for alpha is much, much greater than it is in traditional large cap growth stocks in the US And a lot of managers in that space actually beat their benchmark. So I decided to become an economics major and a psychology minor. Christine Philpots.

Investments

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 6, 2025

00:14:36 [Speaker Changed] That that’s number one. You’ve done a number of major refinancings in and around New York City, six 20 Avenue The Americas is a, tell us a little bit about the work you’re doing at Hudson Bay with private credit and real estate. Economics is not a science. What, what are you finding?

Profit and Loss

Embark With Us

MARCH 26, 2025

This package is an important legislative initiative designed to simplify existing sustainability reporting requirements and the due diligence framework, reduce the number of companies in scope, and make it easier and more cost-effective for those companies that remain in scope to comply.

Compliance

The Big Picture

AUGUST 11, 2025

He’s written five number one bestselling books, including Tools of the Titans. Barry Ritholtz : , I have a friend Noah Smith, who is physics and economics, like a killer double major. Hit the New York Times list, then went to number one and stayed on the New York Times list for four and a half years, or five years or something.

Startups

CFO Dive

AUGUST 5, 2025

After release of the less-than-forecast employment numbers, President Donald Trump fired the BLS commissioner, alleging that the bureau “rigged” the data. Employers added a less-than-forecast 73,000 workers in July, and revisions cut job growth in June and May by a total of 258,000, the BLS said. Unemployment increased 0.1

CFO

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

It’s the latest in a series of recent fiscal and monetary benchmarks received with increasing blitheness. In less than 50 years, and amid fluctuations, that number had been paid down to less than $40,000 (roughly $1.25 On Tuesday, February 1, 2022, the United States national debt surpassed $30 trillion for the first time. .

Economics

PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2020

With some analysts estimating a 4 to 24 percent drop the number was surprisingly low. While the overall number broke records on the negative side, binge-buying put food and beverage at a record 25.6 The retail sales figures are usually effective barometers by which retailers can benchmark inventory levels and predict future spend.

Numbers

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The government shutdown was no speed bump, at least, according to the latest job numbers. The numbers, released by the U.S. Yet, there was at least some downward revision to other numbers: December’s previously reported gain of 312,000 positions was reduced to 222,000 net additions. Data released on Friday (Feb.

Numbers

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Although the quits rate remains above historic benchmarks, it’s been coming down for months. It’s also important to put the latest numbers in perspective to demonstrate how peak levels in this pandemic business cycle have moderated considerably this year. pic.twitter.com/XDZo45f8Sq. Elise Gould (@eliselgould) November 30, 2022.

Benchmarking

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The government shutdown was no speed bump, at least, according to the latest job numbers. The numbers, released by the U.S. Yet, there was at least some downward revision to other numbers: December’s previously reported gain of 312,000 positions was reduced to 222,000 net additions. Data released on Friday (Feb.

Numbers

Centage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The current economic climate is causing profound challenges for business owners across industries. In conjunction with your other numbers, your gross profit margin can tell you if your products are profitable enough, if you need to increase sales or if your expenses, like sales costs, are too high.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Global Finance

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Global economic growth will continue expanding this year and hold steady next year, with some weakness in the United States and China and some rebounding in the euro area, according to global forecasts. According to the July World Economic Outlook Update published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), global growth will likely be 3.2%

Economics

CFO News Room

JANUARY 9, 2023

In 2019, the percentage of renters who spent more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities — an “affordability” benchmark — was 46 percent , according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. What’s new is that a growing number of middle-income renters are struggling to afford their housing costs as well.

Benchmarking

VCFO

JUNE 23, 2022

The country is experiencing economic uncertainty. Take a look at the following financial benchmarks implemented for vcfo clients, and consider how you can achieve similar results in your organization. Take the FTE number you calculated above and divide it into your annual sales. Culture is more important than ever.

Benchmarking

VCFO

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The delta between an owner’s expectations and the market’s potential can be considerable and is based on a number of financial and non-financial metrics. This is a critical number used in valuing companies. You can learn how you compare to your competitors and best in class by benchmarking your performance to a peer group.

Valuation

PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

The Trackers use a number of creative methodologies and frameworks that measure and benchmark an ever-changing landscape. This year, the PYMNTS data and analytics team published 252 reports that tracked the data, innovations and disruptive thinking that are reshaping the payments and commerce business. Buy Now, Pay Later.

Profit and Loss

Global Finance

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Selimović emphasizes the need for the currency, the convertible mark, to remain stable and convertible—prerequisites for financial stability and economic prosperity. Denmark Christian Kettel Thomsen: A+ The central bank of Denmark (Nationalbanken), hit its 2% inflation target without more-significant economic deceleration in 2024.

Economics

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

A disappointing economic report for August, weak retail sales and industrial production and slower job growth are expected to prevent the Fed from increasing interest rates at least until December. stocks traded lower, affected by decreasing oil prices and the U.S. percent in August after a 0.1 percent increase in both June and July.

Restructuring

PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Typically, the value of stablecoins is linked to a variety of benchmarks, such as the value of a fiat currency, government-issued currency that isn’t backed by a commodity such as gold, or a basket of assets that could include investment securities and commodities, the newspaper reported.

Currencies

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

percent as measured against July numbers, which represents the first actual decline in five months and comes after a revised 0.1 percent number just reported is worse than the 0.1 The headline number, adjusted to exclude a slide in auto sales, was also down by 0.1 As recorded by the Commerce Department, purchases were off by 0.3

Sales

PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

And at the same time, the services sector is slowing bit, as measured by economic data in July, dinging what Reuters reported is a “brightening economic outlook.”. The latest economic data on GDP growth show an initial reading of 2.6 At the same time, the services sector is at an 11-month low.

Marketing

Focus CFO

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Use industry trends and appropriate local and global economic trends to guide your thinking. The goals for the year function as a high-level business plan, detailing certain benchmarks that the company wants to achieve. A budget merely describes numbers, while the budgeting guidelines function as the plan of action.

Budgeting

VCFO

JANUARY 27, 2022

Since our formation in 1996, vcfo has helped our clients through a number of booms and busts (.com, total economic melt downs, (2000, 2008), terrorist attacks, pandemics (bird flu, swine flu, coronavirus), natural disasters (fires, earthquakes, hurricanes and floods), and geo-political tensions and disruptions. The Perils of Inflation.

Benchmarking

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

That’s the number they gravitate towards on their statement, according to a study by the National Bureau of Economic Research. That decision could be keyed to the most prominent number listed on the billing statement (which, again, is the minimum payment amount), he said. The reason?

Benchmarking

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 3, 2022

We also have a number of articles on investments: How launching an ETF can create efficiencies for advisors and their clients alike. In the meantime, investors have begun to take matters into their own hands as well, filing a significant number of Reg BI-related arbitration cases with broker-dealer regulator FINRA.

Communication

Creative CFP

AUGUST 11, 2020

The seven key indicators of financial risk There are seven key indicators of financial risk that provide insight into management’s ability to lead the business through economic, market, and competitive challenges. The analytical value derived from this driver includes a comparison to industry benchmarks. What can sales growth tell you?

Investments

Future CFO

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Cash flow and liquidity problems: Are your fixed costs or interest payments creeping up, or do you have a high number or amount of customer overdue payments? This is part of the economic climate in which they operate and can impact customer insolvency. Weakened balance sheet. Has your customer recently lost a major client/supplier?

Profit and Loss

PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2016

The only metric that Nebraska bested its regional benchmarks on happened to be real wages and that by only 10 basis points. The overall number, for Nebraska, showed growth of 2.3 The overall employment numbers came in at 2.2 The remaining metrics found the state lagging, on all fronts. percent seen across the country overall.

Benchmarking