CFO News Room

DECEMBER 26, 2022

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Planning 130

Planning Benchmarking Profit and Loss Communication 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Michael: So, it sounds like part of the challenge was, you live in a large company environment where, as is common for a lot of them, they organized study groups of top advisors, of top producers, of those that are doing well and growing well, and driving the business profitably. In fact, we probably would have been much more profitable.

Planning 130

Planning Communication Profit and Loss Education 130

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

And so, coming out of school, I studied Economics and Spanish Literature, and I applied to a — a program that actually targeted Liberal Arts majors. BITTERLY MICHELL: Not in leveraged, no, not at all, give more …. It was at Bank One, at the time. It was called the First Scholars Program, and they targeted Liberal Arts majors.

Investments 114

Investments Marketing Profit and Loss Banking 114

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 14, 2022

MCCARTHY: I’d back up actually a little bit further in thinking about how did I get there, because I don’t think it was very obvious actually that I would come out of Yale with an ethics, politics and economics degree — RITHOLTZ: Perfect really, right? MCCARTHY: — and end up in M&A on Wall Street. RITHOLTZ: Is that true?

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 60

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Construction Concentration 60

Barry Ritholtz

JUNE 13, 2023

The exposure you get in investment banking, I was a leveraged finance banker by background. During COVID, rather than just a monetary response, we saw a massive fiscal response, which seemed to have really helped across the entire economic strata, especially the middle class. I think it was a great training. I think we learned a lot.

Investments 56

Investments Banking Entertainment Valuation 56

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

In fact, the infrastructure business is full of companies that borrow heavily, with little or no earnings buffer, and I am not sure that many of them will withstand the Hindenburg test for over leverage.

Marketing 130

Marketing Investments Auditing Restructuring 130

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

In fact, the infrastructure business is full of companies that borrow heavily, with little or no earnings buffer, and I am not sure that many of them will withstand the Hindenburg test for over leverage.

Investments 100

Investments Valuation Auditing Restructuring 100