PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2017

We sat down with PassivDom’s CEO, Maks Gerbut, to discuss how the company was formed and its plans for the future of off-the-grid homes. Moving into 2017, PassivDom’s plans include attending Burning Man to test out its 3-D-printed home in desert conditions and then launching a U.S.-based based factory in Nevada later in the year.

Construction 40

Construction Manufacturing Concentration Transportation 40

PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2018

“Apple buys smaller companies from time to time, and we generally don’t discuss our purpose or plans,” Apple told Reuters , declining to release more details. It holds 140 patents associated with “holographic systems and materials,” and employs many of people behind those inventions.

Concentration 41

Concentration Retail Manufacturing Technology 41

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 12, 2021

To sit on the live classes, you have to be a Stern student enrolled in the class, but I plan to record the classes and you can watch those recordings either on my website or on YouTube (where each class will have its own playlist), and access supplementary material (slides, post-class tests).

Valuation 52

Valuation Corporate Finance Finance Investments 52

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The system assigns scores to each critical component and commodity based on types of risks, such as environmental, geopolitical, lead time for production capacity, and geographic concentration of suppliers. Meanwhile, the company has deprioritized lower-risk categories, with a plan to revisit them in the future.

Concentration 130

Concentration Prioritization Investments Manufacturing 130

CFO Simplified

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Here are some areas you should consider in your planning: Customer Concentration Leadership Staffing Products Financial Resources Technology Customer Concentration is an easy one to understand. Is your leadership concentrated in one office? A business owner recently purchased a manufacturing company. Bad planning?

Concentration 52

Concentration Leadership CFO Manufacturing 52

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

And it says it has a plan to make that possible: deregulate the market to increase competition. At present, just four manufacturers control 84% of the hearing-aid market, according to the Open Markets Institute, a think tank critical of corporate concentration. Has corporate concentration raised prices for you?

Concentration 130

Concentration Profit and Loss Manufacturing Economics 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Michael Kitces is Head of Planning Strategy at Buckingham Strategic Wealth , a turnkey wealth management services provider supporting thousands of independent financial advisors. In 2010, Michael was recognized with one of the FPA’s “Heart of Financial Planning” awards for his dedication and work in advancing the profession.

Planning 130

Planning Communication Profit and Loss Education 130

PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2016

People are holding onto their phones longer and there has to be a real “WOW” factor for people to trade their $600+ phones in every year or two – even with the Apple installment plan. Google could just keep on keepin’ on, doubling down on making all handset manufacturers their BFFs, including persuading Samsung to ditch its own OS.

Sales 42

Sales Retail Concentration Leverage 42

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

JOHNSON: And so, and the manufacturer had less power. What was the thinking behind the O’Shaughnessy acquisition and what are the plans for Canvas? JOHNSON: It became a much riskier investment by investing the S&P 500 based on volatility and concentration. RITHOLTZ: Right. JOHNSON: Fantastic.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 83

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Finance Technology 83

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Value of Intangible Assets Accounting has historically done a poor job dealing with intangible assets, and as the economy has transitioned away from a manufacturing-dominated twentieth century to the technology and services focused economy of the twenty first century, that failure has become more apparent.

Valuation 104

Valuation Profit and Loss Accounting Investments 104

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And before that, Morgan Stanley, doing technology and operations planning for the wealth and asset management group. It has to be such a different set, the retirement planning is different, the safety net is different. I think 401(k) plans are starting to use ETFs more broadly. BERRUGA: You know, great question. RITHOLTZ: Yeah.

Investments 59

Investments Marketing Numbers Risk Management 59

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A launch date was planned. Out the investor went, proudly showing the world the newest innovation in clothing design and manufacturing all his own. Bitcoin’s infrastructure is highly concentrated and not all that secure. The innovation sold to this investor was related to textiles, design and the fabrication of clothing.

Currencies 71

Currencies Concentration Financial Systems Investments 71

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 26, 2024

What was the original career plan? 00:09:37 [Speaker Changed] So again, I was on the avatar side of this y avatar broader organization, which was institutional money management, managing money for a lot of large corporate plans and foundations and endowments. You get a BA in economics and poli sci from the University of Delaware.

Investments 55

Investments Marketing Concentration Economics 55

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The manufactured crisis over Taiwan and Chinese “aggression” are now the stated reasons for military buildups in South Korea and Japan (and elsewhere, such as Guam). SK Hynix’s chief marketing officer Kevin Noh said last month that the company might be forced to sell its manufacturing operations in China.

Manufacturing 100

Manufacturing Economics Investments Securities 100

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 4, 2023

And we brought them a plan that, you know, I think, was very similar to what the banks were doing at the time, which was providing financing to private equity-owned companies, huge area of growth in the economy. So what do we mean by that? So software as a service business, right? Highly unlikely to switch providers.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 55

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Finance Investments Banking 55

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 31, 2023

Was the plan always to cover finance? And most people think of Bill, his bread and butter business is activist, very concentrated stock investing, but he has a bit of a background in macro too, back from ’07, ’08, and he actually decides to do this in the credit markets, where spreads are incredibly tight. RITHOLTZ: Really?

Treasury 52

Treasury Economics Retail Entertainment 52

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Until recently, economic central planning from the political right received far less attention than its well-known manifestations on the left. Unfortunately, an emerging faction on the political right has decided to deploy economic planning of their own as an intended countermeasure against their progressive foes.

Economics 130

Economics Education Planning Manufacturing 130

CFO News Room

JANUARY 17, 2023

This could be explained by several factors including insufficient concentration, improper formulation and/or amount of PVP-I, inadequate duration of exposure, inappropriate method of administration, and mucociliary clearance of PVP-I from the nasal cavity. The NY Empire State Manufacturing Index sank to -32.9 As aforementioned, 0.45–10%

Concentration 130

Concentration Economics Manufacturing Numbers 130