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“Nobody Knows Anything,” Wall Street Strategist Edition

Barry Ritholtz

This is true about equity and bond markets, specific company stocks, and economic data series. Or, as John Kenneth Galbraith observed, The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. ~~~ Public Enemy’s 13th album was titled “ Man Plans, God Laughs.”

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1093: Anime Economics: Serving Fans, Driving Returns | Travis Page, CFO, Crunchyroll

CFO Thought Leader

Covering entertainment firms during the Lehman-to-Barclays transition gave him, he laughs, a five-year education in two. Read More Sony Pictures Entertainment came calling next. After the music industrys 2007 crash, Page hit resettrading road cases for a Wharton MBA and, soon after, a seat at Barclays Capital.

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10 Types of Financial Models

The Finance Weekly

Example Imagine you manage a conglomerate called TPD Corporation, which has three main divisions: healthcare, entertainment, and logistics. First, identify the divisions you want to evaluate—in this case, the Healthcare, Entertainment, and Logistics segments. Now, consider any debts or liabilities.

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Book Review: Trailblazers, Heroes, and Crooks

CFA Institute

The bonus is that you'll be entertained from start to finish. Stephen Foerster, CFA, extracts lessons from exceptional episodes in financial history that ordinary investors and seasoned professionals alike can put to profitable use.

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Green Flag For Sports Investment

Global Finance

The Middle East is such a hot market, says Marquel Martin, CEO of 3Point0 Labs, a sports and entertainment management firm that spearheaded two boxing matches in Riyadh for its then-client Francis Ngannou, a mixed martial arts crossover fighter. These states are primarily seeking political gains, not economic ones, Olivereau points out.

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Are Tariffs a New US VAT Tax?

Barry Ritholtz

The challenge is how to frame the current economic scenario in a way that is useful and informative and not the usual run-of-the-mill noise. 2) What will their impact be on economic activity and inflation? I didnt understand this as representing a significant threat to the established economic order. In a word, the U.S.

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Transcript: Velina Peneva, Swiss Re Chief Investment Officer

The Big Picture

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.