Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Planning, budgeting and forecasting are linked together forming financial planning processes. Financial analysis is a type of economic analysis based on the financial data and focused on the assessment of stability and evaluation of profitability of a company, business or project.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 130

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Corporate Finance Communication Forecasting 130

CFO News Room

JANUARY 24, 2023

A few of these variables are macro variables, but only those that I find useful in corporate finance and valuation, and not easily accessible in public data bases. Rather than replicate that data, my macroeconomic datasets relate to four key variables that I use in corporate finance and valuation.

Marketing 130

Marketing Valuation Corporate Finance Currencies 130

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

That year, I computed these industry-level statistics for five variables that I found myself using repeatedly in my valuations, and once I had them, I could not think of a good reason to keep them secret. Financing Flows 5. Valuation Pricing Growth & Reinvestment Profitability Risk Multiple s 1.

Valuation 105

Valuation Financial Analysis Analyzing Data Profit and Loss 105

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 15, 2021

During my teaching lifetime, I have taught a wide swath of classes, ranging from banking to equity instruments, but in the last twenty years, my focus has been on three classes, c orporate finance, valuation and investment philosophies , with the last one taught only online.

Corporate Finance 70

Corporate Finance Valuation Finance Investments 70

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 8, 2022

A few of these variables are macro variables, but only those that I find useful in corporate finance and valuation, and not easily accessible in public data bases. Rather than replicate that data, my macroeconomic datasets relate to four key variables that I use in corporate finance and valuation.

Valuation 99

Valuation Corporate Finance Currencies Finance 99

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

It is perhaps a reflection of my age that I remember when getting data to do corporate financial analysis or valuation was a chore. Check rules of thumb : Investing and corporate finance are full of rules of thumb, many of long standing. Data: Trickle to a Flood!

Valuation 52

Valuation Corporate Finance Financial Analysis Leverage 52

Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

After the rating downgrade, my mailbox was inundated with questions of what this action meant for investing, in general, and for corporate finance and valuation practice, in particular, and this post is my attempt to answer them all with one post. What is a risk free investment? Why does the risk-free rate matter?

Investments 98

Investments Currencies Treasury Hurdle Rate 98

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

To illustrate, consider a practice in valuation, where analysts are trained to add a small cap premium to discount rates for smaller companies, on the intuition that they are riskier than larger companies. It is very likely that these rules of thumb were developed from data and observation, but at a different point in time.

Valuation 52

Valuation Currencies Numbers Corporate Finance 52

Future CFO

DECEMBER 7, 2020

ST: I’m reporting to the CEO and board of directors, providing leadership in all aspects of business and finance, including strategic planning, annual business plan, rolling forecast, financial management, treasury, regulatory reporting, internal controls, taxation, and procurement.

CFO 52

CFO Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Leadership Finance 52