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Data Update 5 for 2023: The Earnings Test

Musings on Markets

During the course of the year, investors also rediscovered that the essence of business is not growing revenues or adding users, but making profits from that growth. In this post, I will focus on trend lines in profitability at companies in 2022, with the intent of addressing multiple questions.

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What is a pro forma balance sheet?

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You can create a pro forma on your own to better learn your numbers. Once you have made the attempt but feel it could be more complete, pro forma services are provided by skilled financial analysts, like those at CFOshare. What are pro forma financial statements?

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Twitter 1Q Delivers 69 Pct Growth In Ad Engagements

PYMNTS

Video in Japan continues to be an area of strength,” said Ned Segal, Twitter’s chief financial officer, during a conference call on Wednesday (April 25) with financial analysts. That beat analyst expectations of $0.12 revenue increased 2 percent, while international sales jumped 53 percent.

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Could Retail Job Growth Actually Save Companies Money?

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The news from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) last week that the retail industry added 48,000 new jobs in March — bringing the increase to 378,000 new jobs over the past 12 months — appears to be positive on a number of fronts. And while the number of retail jobs in the U.S. economy overall, as it puts more money into circulation.

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Transcript: Graeme Forster, Orbis Investments

Barry Ritholtz

Graham Foster] : 00:02:54 That was a number, that was number theory, pure number theory. And whether it’s all numbers or even numbers. Some people look at a casino as entertainment and hey, we’re gonna spend X dollars, pick a number, 500, 2000, whatever it is. Number one, longevity.

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Transcript: Cliff Asness

Barry Ritholtz

You can use this in a number of ways. And that’s a pretty good number. ASNESS: Some of the things like betting against beta, quality or profitability, carry strategies were additions over time. In academia, he’s known for witty biting papers he writes for such publications as the Financial Analysts Journal.”