Barry Ritholtz
APRIL 9, 2024
Between book leave and COVID I have been pretty quiet lately. Since it’s been a few months, I thought we could take a quick look at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s State Coincident Indicators out for both January and February 2024.1 As the charts above show, the economy on a state-by-state basis has markedly improved from Q4 2023’s softening.
CFO News
APRIL 8, 2024
Aspiring finance professionals must develop a distinctive vision for the CFO position, cultivate mentorship and sponsorship, bolster skills in critical areas, lead initiatives that create value, and engage with executive leadership and the board.
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CFO Share
APRIL 8, 2024
Whether you’re a proactive leader scanning the horizon for potential problems or a concerned entrepreneur afraid you’re already in the midst of a downturn, you need to know the early warning signs of financial trouble. Identifying these signals could be the difference between successfully navigating rough waters and going down in a shipwreck. If you can keep your cool and understand why businesses fail financially , you will be able to spot these 8 early warning signs of financial trouble in yo
CFO Dive
APRIL 9, 2024
Employment will likely remain strong as the supply and demand for labor gradually come into better balance, economists said.
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
Barry Ritholtz
APRIL 11, 2024
Confused about where we are today? A favorite exercise is to go back to first principles to consider how we got to where we are. (That is a favorite way to find fresh insights). On the equity side, you have to go back a century or so. Equities were considered speculative endeavors, best suited for gamblers and punters. The exceptions? A handful of “Widows & Orphan” stocks, like Ma Bell, some railroads, utilities and the rare bank that was not suffering regular runs.
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Tips Watch
APRIL 12, 2024
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Note: I am posting this auction preview early because my I Bond buying guide will be going up Sunday morning. Keep in mind that real yields are currently highly volatile and will change by Thursday’s auction.
CFO Dive
APRIL 8, 2024
Cyberrisks are mounting, with artificial intelligence likely to increase the threat of attack in the short to medium term, Moody’s said.
CFO News
APRIL 8, 2024
Vikram Solar appoints Narayan Lodha as Chief Financial Officer, effective April 8, 2024. With over 20 years of financial expertise, he will drive financial strategy and support the company's expansion in renewable energy.
Navigator SAP
APRIL 8, 2024
When manufacturers think about efficient inventory management, usually the first things that come to mind are knowing the location of raw materials and finished goods, and making sure that stocks don’t sit idle too long. But more goes into efficient inventory management than that.
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Tips Watch
APRIL 10, 2024
Inflation again rose higher than expected in March, probably putting Fed rate cuts on hold. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Non-seasonally adjusted inflation rose 0.
CFO Dive
APRIL 9, 2024
Companies are turning to interim financial leadership more frequently as they struggle to fill widening gaps in their accounting and finance functions.
CFO Share
APRIL 12, 2024
Fractional CFOs view the world through two lenses: risk and reward. Business owners focus mainly on reward (profit), which is easy to measure, while tragically few entrepreneurs look back on a month with low profits and say, “well, at least we managed our risks properly.” Despite the general preference to focus on profits, financial risk management is crucial to long-term success.
Navigator SAP
APRIL 12, 2024
Industry 4.0, which is the use of data analytics, digital technologies, and the Internet of Things (IoT), has been called the fourth industrial revolution. Central to this revolution are connected devices and the wide availability of cloud-based enterprise resource planning solutions (ERP) that help businesses overcome ERP adoption challenges that limited digitization and the use of full-featured ERP technology previously.
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CFO News
APRIL 7, 2024
ICAI President, Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal, praises record GST collection surpassing Rs 20 lakh crore for FY 2023-24, highlighting better compliance and economic growth.
CFO Dive
APRIL 12, 2024
Small businesses in professional services are more concerned about cyber risk than those in manufacturing or other services, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said.
Nerd's Eye View
APRIL 10, 2024
Financial advicers are intimately familiar with the phrase, "Past results are not indicative of future performance." Every document that considers the facts around any particular asset class will invariably include that disclaimer, but constructing a portfolio consisting of a mix of equities, fixed income, and other assets requires investors and advicers to make some fundamental assumptions around long-term expected returns and correlations between assets. 3 common assumptions that have driven a
Navigator SAP
APRIL 8, 2024
We are breaking down our 'Inventory Management for Manufacturing' guide into digestible sections. You can get the full inventory management guide here.
Speaker: Victor C. Barnes, CPA, MBA
In the climb from contributor to leader, the rules quietly change. If you’re aiming for the summit, the air gets thinner—and what got you here won’t be enough to get you to the top (a concept first popularized by Marshall Goldsmith in his book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There ). What made you successful early in your finance career—technical accuracy, sharp analysis, flawless execution—won’t be what carries you to the next level.
CFO News
APRIL 7, 2024
Recruitments come at a time when the Big Four firms are strengthening service lines, scaling up advisory practices and filling replacement hiring.
CFO Dive
APRIL 10, 2024
The $25 million penalty is the largest fine of any type imposed by the auditor watchdog since it was created in 2002 following the Enron accounting scandal.
Nerd's Eye View
APRIL 12, 2024
Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that a recent study has found that many small- and mid-sized advisory firms that use "supported independence" platforms for their technology and back-office needs, have the potential to see greater growth in the years ahead given the efficiencies gained (and potential cost savings compared to creating a tech stack and hiring their own staff 'a la carte'), and give aspiring firm
Navigator SAP
APRIL 8, 2024
While inventory automation improves efficiency, it also comes with costs in terms of new systems, equipment, and process management. So when is the right time to automate inventory management?
Speaker: Kim Beynon, CPA, CGMA, PMP
The most overlooked, yet most critical, element of transformation is preparing people for change. Automation and AI aren't just technical upgrades, they’re cultural shifts which can challenge identities. That’s why change management isn’t a side project—it’s the foundation. In finance, where precision and process rule, navigating change can feel especially disruptive.
CFO News
APRIL 8, 2024
As per industry estimates, there are about 11,000 such cases of dual investigation by both the central and state authorities or under litigation. Several central GST zonal heads have sent an internal communique to officials, asking them to invite state officials to join their ongoing audits for better coordination, said officials.
CFO Dive
APRIL 10, 2024
The finance leadership change comes as KFC struggles with dwindling traffic in a dicey economic environment.
Barry Ritholtz
APRIL 7, 2024
Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn’t Happening at College Our problem is in the real world—not the ivory tower—and so is the solution. ( The Honest-Broker ) • Transparent Vice: How Vice’s execs burned down its newsroom : Once promised to become the brash young voice of news, it became a den of wild expenses, shady deals, and greed turned it into ‘a f **g clown show.’ ( The Verge ) • The Future of Am
E78 Partners
APRIL 12, 2024
When companies grow rapidly via organic and inorganic M&A, there can be a severe strain on the people, process, and technology infrastructure to support the growing enterprise. But when will you know you have overextended your organization’s ability to manage this growth? During these periods of concentrated growth, organizations must assess their company’s “platform infrastructure” to identify scalability gaps that could negatively impact critical business processes, customer relationships,
Speaker: Mark Gilham, FCCA, CPP
Finance used to be the function that counted, now it's the one that’s counted on. 📊 For accounting firms, controllers, and finance leaders, expectations are rising faster than headcount. Businesses want agile forecasts, granular analysis, seamless reporting, and smart automation—often without added resources while demanding uncompromised accuracy and compliance.
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