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10 Biggest Ideas in “How NOT to Invest”

Barry Ritholtz

This is as true for professionals as it is for amateurs; it’s also true in music, film, sports, television, and economic and market forecasting. Economic Innumeracy : Some individuals experience math anxiety, but it only takes a bit of insight to navigate the many ways numbers can mislead us. Bad Numbers : 4. Ignore the scolds.

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CFO Corner With Thryv Holdings’ Paul Rouse

Global Finance

Now, were at another pivotal point, transitioning fully from a Yellow Pages marketing business to a software company. And dont think its all about math; its more about strategy. This involved restructuring the former company, setting up the right platform, and securing the proper capital structure. That was really challenging.

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DeepSeek crashes the AI Party: Story Break, Change or Shift?

Musings on Markets

For those of you who have been tracking the market, the AI segment in the market has held its own since September, but even before the last weekend, there were signs that investors were sobering up on not only how big the payoff to AI would be, but how long they would have to wait to get there.

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At the Money: Meb Faber on Tax Aware ETFs

Barry Ritholtz

Meb Faber : Well, it’s a romping, stomping bull market. And that’s the broad market. And the way math works, you end up with a stock that goes up a bunch. We’ve done the math on some of these high-yield portfolios and taxable accounts.

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Avoid the Unforced Investment Errors Even Billionaires Make

Barry Ritholtz

If only there were some ways to prevent investors from interfering with the markets greatest strength the incomparable and guaranteed ability to create wealth by compounding over time. Drawdowns, corrections, and crashes are not the problem your behavior in response to market turmoil is what causes long-term financial harm.

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Confessions of an FP&A-holic: 7 Lessons I Wish I Knew Earlier

Fpanda Club

As technology, market conditions and business practices are constantly evolving, there's always something new to learn out there. Moreover, according to various studies, the better we are at crunching numbers and math, the more we fail at analyzing patterns that contradict our views.

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The Art of Financial Project Evaluation: What Makes a Project Successful?

CFO Talks

Yet the real challenge is that most financial evaluations dont fail because of bad math’sthey fail because they miss the bigger picture. But in todays environmentwhere capital is scarce, markets shift fast, and expectations are highCFOs cant afford that approach. What if the market doesnt respond the way we expect?