Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

I, I disagree with his forecast for this year, which is 0% chance of recession. And the United Nations is forecasting that over the next 10 years that will shrink from a billion to 900 million. Yeah, 00:58:31 [Speaker Changed] This is indeed very complicated from a forecasting perspective. This is the worst case scenario.

Economics 102

Economics Finance Manufacturing Banking 102

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 17, 2025

They’ve made forecasts, they’ve made predictions about what will and won’t happen, and none of it’s come true. And he’s this old British guy who was, you know, quite famous in England as a policy advisor and an economic forecaster. He was known as one of the, I think seven wise men. We shared a wall.

Budgeting 58

Budgeting Economics Math Numbers 58

The Big Picture

JUNE 16, 2025

Well, 00:46:11 [Speaker Changed] You and I are engaging in, in a forecasting exercise, which is well beyond computational impasse. Human beings, as Philip Tetlock described, don’t forecast very well, even even the best experts. My judgment, my forecast would be that your scenario is possible but less probable than, than mine.

Math 52

Math Finance Investments Marketing 52

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 11, 2025

He calls out a lot of people who get things wrong, especially the doomsayers who not only have been forecasting recessions incorrectly for, I don’t know, the better part of 15 years, most especially since CO. You know, it’s, it’s all about a set of forecasts. It’s very much point forecast driven.

Economics 52

Economics Forecasting Investments Entertainment 52

CFO Share

AUGUST 5, 2021

Your strategic business forecasting must include proper considerations for section 280E – this is essential to planning cash flow and avoiding catastrophic tax bills at year-end. Transportation costs. How do I forecast for the 280E tax code? Multiply your tax rate to your forecasted Gross Profit.

Forecasting 96

Forecasting GAAP Profit and Loss Accounting Principles 96

Reval

APRIL 10, 2017

New York – April 11, 2017 – Greater Boston’s public transportation agency, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (“MBTA”), is automating its treasury management function using Reval, the leading Software as a Service (SaaS) solution for treasury and risk management.

Transportation 52

Transportation Treasury Risk Management Forecasting 52

Corporate Finance Associates

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The report below gives a good overview of the Fall 2021 M&A activity in the Transport, Logistics and Supply Chain Industry Sector. during the forecast period 2021 to 2028, as per research published by Grand View Research, Inc. Read the Entire Fall 2021 Transport, Logistics and Supply Chain Report Here.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 45

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Transportation Forecasting Retail 45

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

That figure included a forecast 200 million packages during the final 10 days of the calendar year. In August, Amazon told some transportation vendors that the company was increasing its demands around the delivery of packages in two days at maximum. billion packages that year.

Transportation 120

Transportation Forecasting Retail Marketing 120

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The coronavirus has far-reaching impacts that extend beyond health, with a wide range of economic effects in sectors ranging from transportation to telecom and retail. And airlines have canceled over 200,000 flights as the virus keeps spreading. million.

Transportation 132

Transportation Economics Retail Compliance 132

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

million compared to a forecast for $911.4 Robinson — The stock fell 6% after the transportation and logistics company reported disappointing revenue in its latest results. Robinson — The stock fell 6% after the transportation and logistics company reported disappointing revenue in its latest results.

Foreign Exchange 130

Foreign Exchange Transportation Entertainment Advertising 130

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Growth in employment continued in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, retail trade, and transportation and warehousing. The forecast unemployment rate was 3.9%, essentially equal to the actual. Job growth was much stronger than the estimate of 150,000, as compiled by Dow Jones.

Benchmarking 130

Benchmarking Transportation Concentration Numbers 130

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

domestic residential package services, in addition to pricing initiatives throughout all transportation segments, fueled increased operating results. Management said the company is not offering a fiscal 2021 earnings forecast, and noted that the capital spending outlook for the year stays at $5.1 FedEx reported on Friday (Dec.

GAAP 105

GAAP Transportation eCommerce Forecasting 105

Spreadym

JUNE 8, 2023

Planning, budgeting and forecasting for a business are three distinct financial management tools used in business, each serving a different purpose. Key differences between planning, budgeting and forecasting for a business Here are key difference between planning, budgeting and forecasting for a business.

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Budgeting Planning Risk Management 52

Fpanda Club

MARCH 14, 2021

Lean helps organizations to identify and minimize waste which exists everywhere and can take 8 forms: defects, overproduction, extra processing, waiting, inventory, motion, transportation and non-utilized people. Transportation This kind of waste includes moving items, people, information more often or over farther distances than necessary.

Finance 130

Finance Benchmarking Transportation Accounts Payable 130

PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

A suspension on transport, as well as a supply chain shortage, moved the price of pork to more than 50 yuan a kilo, which is an atypically heightened level for the season. Economic damage in China was worse than forecast per a report in March, as factory production had encountered its quickest drop in three decades.

Transportation 92

Transportation Economics Forecasting Retail 92

Centage

JUNE 12, 2023

Key aspects of these solutions include: Automation where core budget and forecast processes are built in – routine tasks are performed faster, there are no broken links or formulas to maintain as is the case with spreadsheets. When it comes down to it, we know that business budgeting and forecasting aren’t one day events.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 98

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Budgeting Manufacturing Forecasting 98

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Buyers access a multitude of channels to make purchases, so when a company is sorting out how to manage its supply chain and forecast demand, there are a lot of sources through which sellers can access data on sales.

Transportation 82

Transportation SAP Forecasting Compliance 82

CFO News Room

JANUARY 28, 2023

Retail diesel prices soared to an all-time high of $5.816 a gallon last June 19, part of the big run-up in energy costs following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that strained transportation budgets and fed inflationary pressures. The first is the U.S. refining maintenance season.

Profit and Loss 100

Profit and Loss Transportation Marketing Retail 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In a report dubbed “Global Payment Cards Data and Forecast,” the firm found that one in five card payments will be contactless by 2021. Because of the fact that a lot of transport networks in Europe and big-name retailers accept contactless payments, consumers are getting much more used to the payment method.

Forecasting 72

Forecasting Transportation Retail Numbers 72

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

He joined oil and gas company BG Group in their budgeting and forecasting team to broaden his management accounting and reporting experience. After a few other job roles, he became UK finance director at taxi transport and technology company Gett in 2018. This provided great grounding, he says, particularly in financial accounting.

Finance 130

Finance Profit and Loss Construction Transportation 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Russia has said it will not sell to any countries that participate in the price cap scheme, and Jaishankar has repeatedly stated that India cannot afford to buy oil at high prices – at least not without undermining its economic growth, which is forecast to be 6.1 percent in 2023, the fastest-growing major economy in the world.

Transportation 130

Transportation Economics Currencies Treasury 130

PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

The latest forecast from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has airlines grappling with reduced demand until at least 2024 – and that’s the best-case scenario. Earlier forecasts from the industry organization, which is citing the data in calling for increased government assistance, estimated a recovery by 2023.

Forecasting 56

Forecasting Transportation Budgeting Marketing 56

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Vytal uses the data to train a machine-learning algorithm that forecasts container-needs for each partner in the network and creates load-balancing routes for exchanging and delivering needed packaging between partners. Moreover, it allows Vytal to optimize transportation planning.

Transportation 100

Transportation Leverage Forecasting Planning 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

TSU was launched by SWIFT in 2007 to promote the digitization of trade and supply chain processes, including liquidity management, cash flow forecasting and trade finance programs.

Cash Flow Forecasting 73

Cash Flow Forecasting Transportation Invoicing Forecasting 73

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

All such factors are expected to drive the market during the forecast period.”. percent; and transportation at 2.26 The report breaks the smart card market into the following segments: telecom, which breaks down to 61.06 percent of the total market; payment card manufacturers, which account for 20.25 percent; device manufacturers at 3.83

Marketing 73

Marketing Manufacturing Transportation eCommerce 73

Future CFO

APRIL 6, 2022

This dramatic rise in the concern about operating costs has played out over the last year and tracks the effects of rising energy and transport costs caused by supply chain shortages and disruption. Compared with previous forecasts, global growth may be reduced by as much as one percentage point this year, to around 3.25%.

Accounting 98

Accounting Finance Economics Transportation 98

CFO Selections

MARCH 13, 2022

Loss of a business owner, financial hardship, loss of customers, new government regulations, political unrest, supply chain disruptions, loss of salespeople, and transportation issues were all named as possible unexpected events that could have a significant impact on a company.

Planning 98

Planning Transportation CFO Forecasting 98

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2016

According to MarketsandMarkets, the increasing need for operational efficiency is expected to be the primary driver for the fleet management market during the forecast period. The fleet management market is estimated to grow from $9.54 billion in 2016 to $27.9 billion by 2021 at a CAGR of 23.9

Marketing 55

Marketing Transportation Manufacturing Construction 55

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Demand forecasting is as much an art as a science, but it could use a bit more science. That data, in turn, can help millions of events across 30,000 cities globally, impacting demand for companies’ goods and services, and enabling them to pinpoint why consumers’ desires fluctuate across retail, hospitality and transportation verticals.

Forecasting 64

Forecasting Data Analysis Transportation Currencies 64

CFO Selections

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Rapidly changing consumer and business purchasing habits have caused demand to fluctuate wildly, nullifying forecasts and ongoing financial projections. At the same time, rising costs on raw materials, packaging, and transportation have cut deeply into the profit margins that CFOs are tasked with managing.

Transportation 52

Transportation Forecasting CFO Leadership 52

Bramasol

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Previous episodes in this series include DSE in the Medical Device industry , DSE in Utilities industry , DSE in the Energy Sector , and DSE in Transportation. For more information, check out these resources: Forecasting and Planning for the Digital Solutions Economy. Embedded Analytics for DSE.

SAP 92

SAP Manufacturing Compliance Transportation 92

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Within infrastructure, one of the key focus areas is leveraging multimodal transport infrastructure to reduce logistics costs, thereby improving India’s overall competitiveness.

Budgeting 130

Budgeting Leverage Transportation Investments 130

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

In an interview with PYMNTS, Nick Careen , senior vice president of airport, passenger, cargo and security at the International Air Transport Association (IATA), said the stage is set for digital solutions to help validate and authenticate passengers, and also to serve as a validation of COVID-related testing and travel requirements.

Transportation 86

Transportation Currencies Forecasting Technology 86

VCFO

MARCH 17, 2023

raw material, inbound freight, internal transport costs) All conversion costs (e.g., This translates to purchasing power as many vendors are willing to make concessions to keep customers who know how to forecast their needs. Forecasting Sales and Applying Seasonality Sales is also a pivotal part of the inventory turnover equation.

Manufacturing 70

Manufacturing Forecasting Profit and Loss Benchmarking 70

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The Digital Services Act is forecast to revamp content management on platforms such as Facebook and Google. million) penalty for not following a new social media law, Reuters reported, citing Omer Fatih Sayan, the deputy transport and infrastructure minister. It is due to be put forward early next month.

Compliance 84

Compliance Transportation Forecasting Technology 84

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In its February annual report, the eCommerce giant said that “transportation and logistics services” are among its competitors. . FedEx was forced to cut its profit forecast for 2019 due to higher costs and lower revenue caused by its now-defunct partnership with Amazon. 17 earnings call.

Transportation 55

Transportation Forecasting eCommerce Planning 55

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

Our vision of urban air mobility will transform the concept of urban transportation,” said Jaiwon Shin, head of the urban air mobility division of Hyundai, according to FT. The air taxi market, for its part, is forecasted to be worth $1.5 But the air taxi regulatory landscape is still very much not defined.

Transportation 52

Transportation Forecasting Sales Technology 52