ChatGPT says it’s not ready to be a CFO. Experts agree.
CFO Dive
APRIL 24, 2023
CFO Dive decided to engage the popular AI tool in a conversation about both its potential and limitations in corporate finance.
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The Tide of Price over Volume
Barry Ritholtz
APRIL 21, 2023
My fishing pal Sam Rines has spent much of this year pushing a thesis of “ Price over Volume” ; I found it a compelling narrative, one that fits in nicely with an apsect of inflation that I had originally underestimated: “Greedflation.” The Price over Volume thesis is both compelling and underappreciated. I hope you find his take thought provoking… -Barry Price over Volume remains a key theme this earnings season with PG’s earnings report the tip of the iceberg.
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Amazon to put ‘more dollars’ toward generative AI, CFO says
CFO Dive
APRIL 28, 2023
Amazon is following in the footsteps of other large-scale tech firms like Apple and Meta by funneling more funds toward generative AI.
Building resilience – the CFO way
Future CFO
APRIL 26, 2023
COVID-19 may have gone the way of a pandemic, but uncertainty remains the norm in 2023. Be it the geopolitical tension in many parts of the world, the prevailing volatility of energy prices, or the looming crisis that is climate change , there is no rest for the CFO when it comes to navigating the challenges, man-made or otherwise. This is evident in the 47% of CFOs participating in the PwC Pulse Survey of August 2023 who say their top priority is building predictive models and scenario analysis
Why Tech-Forward Tax and Accounting Firms Have the Inside Track to the Future
Speaker: Joe Wroblewski, Sales Engineer Manager
Automating time-consuming manual tasks can save your firm hundreds of hours–and thousands of dollars. But it can also have longer-lasting benefits, like helping you attract and retain the next generation of CPAs, and we don’t need to tell you how important that is amid the current generational staffing crisis in the tax and accounting profession. You'll want to save your seat for this new webinar with industry expert Joe Wroblewski, where we'll explore how to: Maximize ROI with Cost-Effective Te
Do the Best Equity Fund Managers Follow the Bond Market?
CFA Institute
APRIL 18, 2023
A fund family's success with bond funds may not translate to the equity side of the ledger.
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To drive digital transformation, ‘getting the data right’ is key
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APRIL 11, 2023
Putting data skills and governance front and center for both leaders and employees is essential for CFOs to make digital transformation headway.
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Your New ERP is Worse Than Your Old System—But Only for the First Year
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The ground is quaking
The Reformed Broker
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The prompt: The output, copy-pasted into my blog’s CMS: This is a rainbow stripe! Obviously anyone who knows how to code could have knocked this out in a second without even having to think about it. But how many people don’t know how to code? Most? We’re heading into a future in which not knowing how to do a thing is going to matter much less than ever before.
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APRIL 4, 2023
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