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Meta, Amazon, Snap, Pinterest: What to Watch in the Stock Market Today

CFO News Room

Technology shares are leading losses after Facebook parent Meta Platforms surprised investors with a bigger-than-expected profit drop. billion profit in the recent quarter. Eli Lilly reported quarterly profit and revenue that beat forecasts. Apple and Tesla were also down. ConocoPhillips reported a $2.6 Chart of the Day.

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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. Shorten your supply chains and avoid concentration in one geographic region. Weakened balance sheet.

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Breach of Trust: Decoding the Banking Crisis

Musings on Markets

A bank collects deposits from customers, offering the quid quo pro of convenience, safety and sometimes interest income (on those deposits that are interest-beating) and either lends this money out to borrowers (individuals and businesses), charging an interest rate that is high enough to cover defaults and leave a surplus profit for the bank.

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A Key Task for Finance – Measuring and Managing Customer Profitability

Planful

To remain competitive, companies must determine how to keep customers longer, grow them into bigger customers, make them more profitable, serve them more efficiently, and acquire more profitable customers. Companies need to not just increase market share and grow sales but to grow profitable sales. That gap needs to be closed.

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3 FP&A Practices That Will Transform Your Finance Team

The Finance Weekly

Traditionally, the FP&A process entails creating a budget, cash flow, profit and loss statement, and balance sheet, then using them to forecast future performance. Inquire as to why they are investing time and money in various areas, as well as what they anticipate to gain from it.

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

CFO News Room

Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent. Investment Implications: Asset Classes, Geographies and Companies. The Lead In. to 25% for the Eurozone.

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APAC capital markets during the COVID-19 crisis

Future CFO

We expect Credit and Political Risk Insurance (CPRI) to play an important and increasing role in supporting lenders in mitigating risk, overcoming concentration issues and improving capital adequacy. Reality is showing us that profitability is no longer a target, and in the absence of such, how can we be assured of liquidity.