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Finance vs. Accounting

CFO Simplified

Cash flow forecasting. Leaders in finance are most successful when they have skills in communication, quantitative analysis, financial planning, and team building. Budgeting and forecasting. A team member in the finance department addresses how a business manages their money, from: Investing and borrowing.

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Transcript: Kenneth Tropin

Barry Ritholtz

RITHOLTZ: You guys do everything from quantitative analysis to macro. TROPIN: And you know, we certainly did that on a portion of what we look at as our risk budget. Well, I’m not forecasting another 20% down, but I do think we could go down 5% or 10%. RITHOLTZ: Right. TROPIN: They use multiple time horizons.