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To NPV or Not to NPV: That Is the Question

Fpanda Club

Warren Buffett once suggested that the concepts of time value of money and discounted cash flow (DCF) model were introduced more than 2500 years ago. A related idea is articulated by the information-action paradox which describes the problem many companies face while investing in projects with high level of uncertainty, including innovation.

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Top 8 AI Uses in Finance Embraced by FP&A Leaders

The Finance Weekly

Allegedly, their AI-driven efforts have saved them from potential fraud losses exceeding a billion dollars. Analyzing Scenarios and Modeling Sensitivity AI-driven tools empower leaders in financial planning and analysis (FP&A) to analyze different scenarios and model sensitivity.

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What's a Virtual Healthcare CFO?

Adam Kae

Here's a Brief List of (Some) CFO Tasks: Financial Reporting. These include Cash Flow Statements, Profit/Loss Statements, and Balance Sheets. A CFO can take those numbers and provide solutions to issues and forecast better financial scenarios. Invest vs Rent. It's one thing to have QuickBooks run a report.

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How to create & use pro forma statements

Cube Software

These financial modeling tools are one of the most important to help a company prepare for any kind of scenario imaginable and map out a future trajectory. Pro forma statements are financial projections that ask and attempt to answer "what if" questions. That's where pro forma statements come into play.

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The 5 Best Financial Reporting Software to Enhance the Productivity of CFO

Spreadym

Predefined Reports: QuickBooks provides a variety of predefined financial reports, such as profit and loss statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and more. Vendor Lock-in: Once invested in IBM Cognos Analytics, transitioning to a different reporting tool could be challenging due to the potential for vendor lock-in.

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Why Do Nonprofit Accountants Quit?

The Charity CFO

Um, and more importantly, we talk about that transition plan for a lot of nonprofits that are dealing with, uh, the loss of their accountants. And there’s the other 20% of us that really like financial modeling and yeah. I, I know what many people probably thinking, oh, we use are for-profit that doesn’t make sense.

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Transcript: Joel Tillinghast, Fidelity

Barry Ritholtz

You fell in love with investing as an 8-year-old. But in the New York Times, there was an advertisement that the value line investment survey needed analysts. They announced a $640 million loss and ouch. Things get worse at one of the companies that I’ve invested in. Let, let’s start with your background.