CFO News

MARCH 7, 2023

In the February budget, the central government marked down the disinvestment target to ₹50,000 crore from ₹65,000 crore budgeted initially. It has managed to raise ₹31,107 crore so far.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Whether it’s a few decades or a century, the math works the same. Hey, what a very different outcome than suggesting a loss of purchasing power — if you understand money and math, you have actually gained purchasing power. And over the past few centuries, those returns have greatly exceeded inflation.

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CFO News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

High GST boosts government revenue, aiding fiscal health, infrastructure, and social programs, enhancing economic stability and investor confidence.

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Math Budgeting Economics 52

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 15, 2022

One seventh-grade math teacher at the school livestreams to the three other schools daily and travels to those schools for in-person instruction once a week. and Edgenuity Inc.

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Barry Ritholtz

JUNE 9, 2024

The Journal did the math as follows: California had 726,600 people working in fast-food and other limited-service eateries in January, down 1.3% UPDATING: Spent some time investigating the origins of Manzo’s NY Post claim and found myself (suprise!) from last September, when the state backed a deal for the increased wages.

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CFO News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As opposed to the DGGI calculation, the prospective taxation method suggested by the GST Council in August on "deposits" would lead to tax liability increasing by about 400% on a yearly basis, the executives added.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

The coming ascendence of augmented reality and virtual reality have long been article fodder for tech enthusiasts, gamers and retail watchers alike. And for good reason – the story of virtual and augmented reality makes for some great copy.

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The SaaS CFO

JUNE 4, 2019

Mix multi-year contracts, discounts, and churn into your internal pricing discussion, and you need a degree in math to determine the optimal pricing for you and your customer. SaaS Multi-year Pricing Discounts SaaS pricing can be a pretty complex subject.

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CFO News

AUGUST 9, 2023

A minimum 50% domestic value addition (DVA) is a key condition for companies to qualify for subsidies under the scheme. The intention is to promote local manufacture of new technology products such as electric vehicles (EV) rather than subsidising imports.

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 7, 2024

That’s not even math. A bit out of sequence, but worth mentioning: The Globe took a gratuitous swipe at LA Times columnist Michael Hiltzik, who’d followed our work here with a piece of his own, citing a couple of tweets on the matter (combined here): Just one problem here, Gavin: The @latimes got its data mixed up. GovPressOffice.

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Math Numbers Data Analysis Marketing 135

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 17, 2025

These two possibilities a 10-fold increase versus a 90% drop are roughly symmetrical in terms of math (but probably not probabilities). By Devon Pendleton, Dasha Afanasieva, and Benjamin Stupples (With assistance from Karolina Sekula, Tom Maloney, Pui Gwen Yeung, and Marton Eder) Bloomberg August 13, 2024 2.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Cryptocurrencies — like bitcoin — are “produced by solving complex maths puzzles and governed by disparate online communities instead of a centralized body,” reports said. “The aim of the project is to show how an e-krona could be used by the general public,” Riksbank said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2021

On each side of the equation, the math is simple. A surge in eCommerce returns driven by COVID-19-related policy changes is hurting retailers but helping logistics companies, the Financial Times reports.

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Math Retail eCommerce Sales 108

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 1, 2025

Or why we need less math in music theory. ( That would be absurd, no? Each sentence should have its own organic length, unconnected to what came before or goes after. So why doesnt our music do that? The Honest Broker ) Be sure to check out our Masters in Business interview this weekend with Melissa Smith of J.P.

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Global Finance

JUNE 4, 2024

The debate can be heated, but many impartial observers believe that it mostly comes down to this math: Governments fear the real or potential loss of tax revenue. It has been the target of lawsuits filed by groups running the gamut from truckers and Uber drivers to freelance journalists.

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Generation CFO

JANUARY 28, 2022

However, when he didn’t secure a senior contract at Bradford City, he left that path behind and went on to study maths at University. Consequently, his original career ambition was in professional football.

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CFO Math Concentration Finance 200

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 25, 2023

Gaze, The Conversation, May 23, 2023 Math Professor Debunks the Dunning-Kruger Effect By Eric C. Griffiths Nature Human Behaviour, February 25 2021 See also : Debunking the Dunning-Kruger effect – the least skilled people know how much they don’t know, but everyone thinks they are better than average By Eric C.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

It’s All Math, All The Way Down. It’s all mathematics, and very high-level probability and statistics — math used in a different way than it ever has been. This is similarly new mathematical ground, which means it needs to be thoughtfully explored — and math, at base, makes a lot people nervous.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2020

For us to bring our level of efficiency close to our peers, the math would tell you, we need to eliminate over $10 billion of expenses.” To repeat, there is nothing structurally different about Wells Fargo that should prevent us from being as efficient as our large peers, but we are far from it.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Analysts believe the San Diego-based tech giant could make the math work, particularly if the deal involved selling off Intel’s manufacturing assets. Qualcomm would likely need to finance an Intel acquisition through a combination of debt and stock.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

We take a similar attitude when it comes basic math and science — but when it comes to financial literacy, only 21 states require financial education, Dr. Annamaria Lusardi recently told Karen Webster. Money is also typically an issue. Often we hear: ‘We don’t have the money to buy the textbooks,’” Lusardi said.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 1, 2025

Compounding, Denominator Blindness, Survivorship Bias all affect our abilities to make good decisions about the future when even basic math is involved. What are some examples of bad numbers? You write, Forecasts of a recession arriving during the next four years are just a waste of print and pixels.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Make sure you have the right math and language to explain results driven by direct and indirect marketing spend. As much as possible, CMOs must help their C-suite colleagues understand the math of marketing activities holistically and results throughout the full funnel. Build a tight relationship with your CEO and CFO.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

On average, our customers will see a 20 percent lift in approvals and a 30 percent reduction in charge-offs just by deploying better math,” de Vere said. In this case, the “cake” is the improved performance and economics that many banks experience when they update systems that in some cases have been in place since the 1950s. “On

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Math, as it turns out, is doing more than making millions of teenagers unhappy over hard homework right now — it’s also making the world less democratic and egalitarian. In the wrong hands, mathematics can become a “WMD” — a weapon of math destruction. Cathy O’Neil does not hate math. I think that’s total bull—-.”.

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Math Finance Numbers 54

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Wall Street Journal ) • From Math Camp to Handcuffs: FTX’s Downfall Was an Arc of Brotherhood and Betrayal : Gary Wang and Sam Bankman-Fried are offering dueling accounts of the FTX fiasco and of who’s ultimately to blame. Most economic downturns hit lower-income Americans hardest, but this time is different. Here’s your investing playbook.

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Math Advertising Investments Economics 116

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 19, 2023

How bad at math do you need to be to think that it’s only 5 stocks driving this market? Only 5 stocks driving markets?! Then why are Equal-weighted indices doing so well? Equal-weighted Nasdaq100 up 17% since the June lows for the market because “it’s only 5 stocks”? Recession is inevitable?

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Marketing Math Forecasting 115

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 1, 2023

But most of all, it was just simple maths according to Druck. The easy part is over. Barron’s ) • The Bear Market’s Survivors Share Their Biggest Lessons : With the S&P 500 in the longest bear market since 1973, individual investors maneuver differently from just months ago. The first was don’t lose money. I don’t like to lose.”

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 21, 2024

Also in industry news this week: A recent survey indicates that financial advisors continue to move towards ETFs and away from mutual funds when it comes to client portfolio recommendations, though a majority of advisors continue to see a role for active management in the investment management process A former employee has filed a lawsuit alleging (..)

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CFO News

JANUARY 8, 2023

CFOs must display agility, resilience, curiosity, imagination, people-centricity and a transformative mindset as well as heart, says the veteran finance honcho.

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Math Finance 52

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 9, 2024

The Math Doesn’t Add Up ( Rolling Stone , January 24, 2024) How TikTok Is Wiring Gen Z’s Money Brain ( WSJ , May 4, 2024) _ 1. Source: TikTok Investors on Twitter : Quotes from TTI are via DM’s on Twitter; he or she remains anonymous as they work in the finance industry and are not authorized to speak publicly on behalf of their employer.

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Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 12, 2023

When planning for retirement, it’s effectively impossible to precisely forecast the performance and timing of future investment returns, which in turn makes it challenging to accurately predict a plan’s success or failure.

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Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 11, 2023

Bloomberg ) • From Pepperoni Math to Nepo Babies, Summer Is for Interns : Your first experience at work is not often forgotten. ( Washington Post ) • Hamptons Partygoers Cast a Worried Eye on New York’s Future : Paulson, Catsimatidis among those at Southampton Hospital gala Party’s theme tied to Palm Beach, now home to many attending.

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Math Investments Securities Numbers 98

Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

24, 2023 _ 1: In particular, why average outperforms over the long run; Sommers credits not making errors (via Charlie Ellis’ “Winning the Loser’s Game”) but the nuance and math are fascinating. By Jeff Sommer New York Times, Nov. More on this later. 3: Remember, the crowd is right most of the time — indeed, markets ARE crowds.

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

However, my commerce teacher noticed my aptitude for math and saw potential in me for a different path. My interest in finance began unexpectedly in high school. After finishing primary school, I initially chose needlework in my first year of high school.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2017

From some guy’s garage in San Francisco, a group of math nerds has grown into one of the world’s finest-tuned machine learning operations. SC: Our biggest hurdle was going from a couple guys working out of a garage with a cool way to solve a math problem to convincing some of the world’s top investors to take a bet on us and our dream.

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The CFO Centre

OCTOBER 13, 2021

From the speed of light to the parabolic curve of a free-kick in soccer, maths underpins the laws of the universe. Numbers matter. Our mathematical universe is constructed of numbers. Some we can see. Most we can’t. We can also deconstruct our entire lives in numbers. The average human lives for around 80 years – […].

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