The Finance Weekly

MARCH 25, 2024

She led Oracle's transition to cloud computing which skyrocketed the company's industry status and has successfully guided Oracle through challenging economic periods. With over two decades of experience in media and entertainment, Ianniello was among the key persons behind one of the world's largest media companies.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2020

Movie-theater giant AMC Entertainment Holdings’ reported deal to avoid bankruptcy is running into a roadblock as some creditors oppose the deal , according to Bloomberg News.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 16, 2023

Bain’s report, Taking the Hyperbole Out of the Metaverse, concludes that the metaverse poses real and growing economic opportunities for businesses. Virtual experiences (forecast by Bain to be about 65% of metaverse projected market size in 2030).

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Future CFO

MARCH 16, 2020

Jan Hatzius, Goldman’s chief economist, lowered the Q1 GDP growth forecast to zero from 0.7% The economist is positive about the remainder of the year though, expecting US economic growth to see a 3% expansion in Q3 and a 4% expansion in Q4. “We Factoring in the current estimates, the economists forecasts the US economy to grow 0.4%

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Spreadym

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Create a Revenue Forecast: Estimate your expected income sources, including salaries, sales revenue, investment income, grants, or any other sources of revenue. Categorize Expenses: Group your expenses into categories, such as housing, transportation, utilities, entertainment, and so on.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2020

Most of the losses were in the entertainment and leisure sectors. . “We The unemployment rate hinges on an economic stimulus bill getting passed, U.S. He forecasts 20 percent of the population will be jobless if the package fails. “It We are certainly beginning to see the cracks in the foundation.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2020

Economists have forecast that layoffs would escalate in response to the pandemic and associated efforts to contain the spread. . economist at Capital Economics. “The economist at Capital Economics. Industry experts are estimating negative economic growth in the April-June quarter.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

In an earnings season defined by diminished expectations amid the worldwide economic shutdown, PayPal not only beat analysts’ expectations Wednesday (July 29) but enjoyed a record quarter. Millennials are now eating at home or doing fitness classes through streaming, and going to concerts and other entertainment venues online.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

percent unemployment rate spurred by disastrous hits to its gaming and entertainment-heavy economy. Economists have taken an optimistic bent as of late, forecasting that the worst of the pandemic-induced economic damage could be behind us. Forty-three states have set new unemployment records, including Nevada, which has a 28.2

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Faced with rising transmission of the virus, state restrictions on retailers and heightened political and economic uncertainty, consumers chose to spend on gifts that lifted the spirits of their families and friends and provided a sense of normalcy given the challenging year. billion, surpassing its forecast of sales between $755.3

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

These companies are also contending with an economic landscape that requires a close eye on the margins. They are looking for ways to keep their kids entertained and active as school has been closed for the year in nearly all places, while store shelves are running low on products for which no one had forecast shortages.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Despite a planned spend reduction and a challenging economic environment, consumers say they are still willing to pay more for sustainable product types. However, there still remains an appetite for future spend, with 40% indicating they will look to treat oneself/others, whereas 39% view them as better quality.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2016

Multimedia entertainment is included in our Lufthansa Premium Economy Seat from Frankfurt to NYC, and Wi-Fi is available.”. The listing is billing the flight as a night of “luxury above the clouds.”. Our cabin isn’t in the woods, but in the sky!” the listing states. Personal food and beverage service at 910km/h.

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Finvisage

JANUARY 2, 2020

The report further proceeds with Results and Findings column, confronting data on several key economic factors affecting TCI on a macro scale. Subsequently, the report touches upon the UK’s current economic environment and TCI’s recent market status. Today these sectors are experiencing a downfall warranting an economic slowdown.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2018

Economists had only forecasted retail sales going up 0.1 So, it’s really a very good economic time for consumers,” Paul Hogan, a portfolio manager and analyst at Fenimore Asset Management, told The Wall Street Journal. Retail is on the ascent. In July, retail sales increased 0.5 percent, and grew 6.4 Department of Commerce.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 25, 2023

While Mbappe turned down the offer and is considering a ten-year deal with PSG, the numbers involved in the Al-Hilal deal are almost impossible to justify on purely economic terms. While the gate receipts and merchandising revenues are significant, they are relatively easy to forecast, given history and ticket sales.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

There’s also quantitative metrics that we look at Those have evolved, but always within that capa, that cluster of high returns on investment stability across the economic cycle are consistent and strong balance sheets. GMO is kind of famous for doing seven year forecasts, right? Like it can create a dislocation, right?

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

after the company cut its earnings guidance and cash flow forecast. The mobile operator cited a challenging economic environment. Tencent Music Entertainment, which also posted beats on the top and bottom lines, soared about 30%. Fulcrum Therapeutics — Shares of the biotechnology company gained 8.6% Alibaba rose roughly 12%.

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Bramasol

JANUARY 13, 2023

Previous episodes in this series include: DSE in the Media and Entertainment industry. Forecasting and Planning for the Digital Solutions Economy. This new episode in our ongoing series on the Digital Solutions Economy (DSE) provides an overview of how DSE is impacting the Telecom industry. DSE in the Semiconductor Industry.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

As earnings season starts up, the world is getting a glimpse into how the global pandemic and subsequent economic meltdown is impacting firms of all kinds. economic recovery. economic recovery. Thankfully, people want entertainment. Let’s look at each company’s prospects: Netflix. ” Amazon.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 27, 2023

I am writing this post, in the aftermath of Tesla’s earnings report, and the stock is up in the after market, perhaps in reaction to the fact that the company beat its earnings per share forecast, the least meaningful part of any earnings report.

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

India seems to be like a perennial next economic powerhouse after China and it just always seems to be not catching that next bid. RITHOLTZ: Those were the same people by the way who have been forecasting a recession for the past 18 months. RITHOLTZ: So I don’t want to talk about politics. We’re recording this.

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 5, 2024

David Snyderman has put together an incredible career in fixed income, alternative credit, and really just an amazing way of looking at risk and trade structure and how to figure out probabilistic potential outcomes rather than playing the usual forecasting and macro tourist game. So I switched to be an economics major.

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Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 29, 2023

So a variety of risk meetings, a variety of economic meetings. And if, again, based on our forecast for US equity markets, they’re somewhat muted because valuations are stretched in our view relative to our fair value model. DAVIS: Yes, we try not to be in the short-term forecasting game. And it runs a scale.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 26, 2023

I am writing this post, in the aftermath of Tesla's earnings report, and the stock is up in the after market, perhaps in reaction to the fact that the company beat its earnings per share forecast, the least meaningful part of any earnings report.

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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. You have a background, undergraduate, your economics degree from Notre Dame, but you were dual-major Spanish language and Literature degree, how useful was that in Latin America?

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

So you have almost a doubling of the interest coupon paid by some of these businesses against the backdrop of c ovid 19 inflation and some of the economic pressures that come with, with those factors. We are not macro forecasters, but we are macro aware understanding what’s happening in the economy with technicals in the markets.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

RIEDER: And all of a sudden, you change the economic paradigm so darn fast. You don’t know where, and you know, their forecast — RITHOLTZ: That goes back to your sense that you need the ability to surprise when necessary. RIEDER: Yeah. RITHOLTZ: Right. RITHOLTZ: Right. RIEDER: Totally. I mean, I watch tons of sports.

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

RITHOLTZ: Everybody’s been forecasting incorrectly about recessions, about rate cuts. And so the idea is that, what I’ve heard is like, hey, we’re going into a recession or a weak economic period so therefore everybody’s going to go into work four and a half days a week because they want face time with their boss.

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 12, 2024

So in this, in this context of, of a mortgage now being clear to everyone that this default risk is present, it’s real, and it’s hard to price because following the borrower’s economic profile, there, there are defaults that are related to just life events, but there’s also defaults related to a macroeconomic event.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 18, 2023

You see these things before they start to show up in the economic data. So we share themes and we share these economic signals. RITHOLTZ: And you guys, your bread and butter is not forecasting the economy. You know, economically, that’s a big thing. RITHOLTZ: — across all these different inputs. BARATTA: No.

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 14, 2023

You get a BA in Economics from Hamilton College. So what we did was we figured out the economic rationale, the macroeconomic influences about why growth and value work at any point in time. So you can see how the forecasts are there. I found this conversation to be fascinating, and I think you will also. You get an MBA from NYU.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 8, 2024

The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Ed Hyman on Using Economic Data Opportunistically , is below. He is one of those people who focuses on figuring out what’s happening here and now, and is less concerned about making forecasts about the future. That’s just unprecedented. Ed is a fascinating guy. His clients adore him.

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 31, 2023

The economic dislocation, the health risks, just the mayhem that took place, but from the perspective of a number of corporate CEOs, Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital, the hedge fund that had a couple of amazing trades based on this. HOFFMAN: So obviously, I’ve — you know, economically minded from the jump.

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Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 16, 2022

Well, I’m not forecasting another 20% down, but I do think we could go down 5% or 10%. How do you contextualize the economic data and the broad stamp recession when you’re thinking about managing risk? How does this impact global trade and other economic factors? RITHOLTZ: Easily, right? TROPIN: Yeah. TROPIN: Yeah.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

You get an economics PhD from California, Berkeley in 82, and around the same time you become an economist at the Federal Reserve Board from 81 to 83. And so that can cause the impulse of the economic news to be filtered into financial conditions much more, more quickly. But those forecasts are, you know, not particularly reliable.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 11, 2023

And the second was, of course, the Warren Buffett story that came out the same week, where he essentially called people who post buybacks, you know, economically illiterate. It’s the entertainment value. And the transition to Tim Cook seems to have gotten much better than anyone was forecasting. RITHOLTZ: He was not a fan.

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