CFO News Room

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The downside is that this is the most time consuming of the choices, and much as I try, my 80-minute sessions cannot compete with The White Lotus for entertainment value. . If you have struggled with why debt helps some companies and hinders others, or how stock buybacks affect shareholders, I hope that you will give this class a try.

Marketing 130

Marketing Corporate Finance Valuation Finance 130

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 21, 2022

You can even do the projects (a corporate financial analysis in the corporate finance class or valuing & pricing a company in the valuation class) that are required for the classes. I have online versions of these classes that compress the 80-minute sessions into 12-15 minutes.

Corporate Finance 89

Corporate Finance Valuation Finance Financial Analysis 89

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

One reason is that valuation, at least as practiced, has become financial modeling, where Excel ninjas pull numbers from financial statements, put them into spreadsheets and extrapolate based upon past trends.

Marketing 130

Marketing Valuation Advertising Numbers 130

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

One reason is that valuation, at least as practiced, has become financial modeling, where Excel ninjas pull numbers from financial statements, put them into spreadsheets and extrapolate based upon past trends.

Valuation 90

Valuation Advertising Numbers Investments 90

Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 30, 2024

We, we had 60 or 70% of all kids entertainment time was spent on Nickelodeon. They’re sort of like bootcamp for a couple years where they, you know, teach you to understand p and ls and financial modeling. They were, they were a platform. We were at that time sort of pre YouTube. It was an amazingly powerful platform.

Investments 56

Investments Technology Leadership Marketing 56

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 4, 2023

KENCEL: Well, look, it’s all about entertaining people. So I only have you for a few more minutes, let me jump to my speed round, my favorite questions, starting with what has been keeping you entertained? KENCEL: Patti LaBelle, you know what — RITHOLTZ: So you can be any bar mitzvah bands in the Northeast. KENCEL: Exactly.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 56

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Finance Investments Banking 56

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

And I think that was part of how my changing, I, I had already realized from the tobacco companies that the magic of their financial model was the huge amount of free cash flow and that they were producing the gap earnings versus the analyst adjusted. What’s kept you entertained these days? What have you been streaming?

Benchmarking 103

Benchmarking Concentration Investments Profit and Loss 103