CFO Dive

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Rising wages and other cost pressures have dimmed economists’ outlook.

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 25, 2022

It is never pleasant to be in the midst of a market correction, but a market correction does operate as a cleanser for excesses that enter into even the most disciplined investors' playbooks in the good times. This correction has been no exception, as the threat of losing investment capital has focused the minds of investors, and led many to reexamine practices adopted during the last decade.

Valuation 94

Valuation Profit and Loss Forecasting Investments 94

CFO Dive

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Spiking mortgage rates are discouraging home buyers and slowing price gains in the housing market, a key economic indicator.

Economics 260

Economics Marketing 260

Navigator SAP

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Like tax planning, landed costs are a subtle but important business consideration for maximizing profit margins and ensuring profitability. It seemed like an efficient purchase order. A batch of camera equipment was ordered from a UK supplier for a warehouse in Thailand based on a good unit price. After customs duties and shipment insurance were factored into the total landed cost to acquire the equipment, however, it quickly became apparent that it would have been more efficient to use an in-co

SAP 219

SAP Tax Planning Sales Planning 219

Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

Investments

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Today’s edition of “ Nobody Knows Anything ” is about a once-dominant mobile phone maker. Exactly 15 years ago, Forbes’s new cover story lauded Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Nokia’s CEO. The headline trumpeted: “Nokia, one billion customers – can anyone catch the cell phone king?” It was posted online October 26, 2007 — 15 years ago today.

Forecasting 145

Forecasting Currencies Marketing Technology 145

CFO Dive

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Cronos, a Canadian producer of marijuana-based products, settled with regulators over charges of faulty accounting and lax controls.

Accounting 363

Accounting 363

Navigator SAP

OCTOBER 27, 2022

As the world continues to advance, conclusive life science explorations and tests have become extremely necessary to help medical professionals and pharmaceutical companies develop medical products and solutions that are more effective, reliable, and sustainable. For your biotechnology or pharmaceutical business to thrive, you have to rely on life sciences to understand life in its broadest form so that your products can offer the best solutions.

Pharmaceutical 130

Pharmaceutical 130

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 25, 2022

My colleague Ben Carlson asked the question “ Why Isn’t Inflation Falling? ” There are some technical explanations, but before we get there, a quick reminder as to how we got here: The global pandemic forced governments around the world to shut their economies down; everything was closed, from schools to businesses, restaurants, entertainment venues, retail stores, and offices.

Entertainment 113

Entertainment Manufacturing Economics Retail 113

CFO Talks

OCTOBER 26, 2022

1X. ‘ Passionate about the public sector ‘ Welcome to the CFO Club Africa podcast, where we interview leading CFOs from Africa and beyond. CFO Club Africa is a division of the Chartered Institute of Business Accountants, the professional body for business accountants, financial managers and chief financial officers. Go to www.cfoclub.co.za and join our community of accounting and finance executives.

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CFO Auditing Leadership Budgeting 98

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

Accounting

CFO Dive

OCTOBER 28, 2022

One in five financial leaders do not currently consider any ESG information when making decisions and instead rely on traditional financial metrics, the survey found.

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Navigator SAP

OCTOBER 27, 2022

For a midsize business to successfully implement enterprise resource planning (ERP) into its operations, several key factors need to be considered beforehand. An ERP platform is an essential tool for managing and coordinating various resources and activities within a company, so it is important to make sure that the implementation process goes as smoothly as possible.

Planning 130

Planning 130

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 28, 2022

is Mr. Market daring Jerome Powell to keep raising rates? That’s one way to read into today’s surging market — Nasdaq up 2.9%, the Dow tacking on over 800 points (2.6%), and the S&P 500 added 2.5%. Despite the carnage in big-cap tech stocks like Facebook, Amazon and Google, the Nasdaq is up 2% for the past week. The S&P500 has gained nearly 4% for the week, and is up almost 7% for the past 30 days.

Marketing 113

Marketing Planning Investments 113

Centage

OCTOBER 24, 2022

It’s no secret that another recession may be on the horizon. Not only is the world still grappling with the effects of the ongoing COVID pandemic, but high interest rates and elevated inflation have many concerned that an economic downturn is coming. In fact a recent model run by Ned Davis Research revealed that the probability of a global recession is 98.1 percent.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 98

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

Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

Accounting

CFO Dive

OCTOBER 27, 2022

McDonald’s price increases come as businesses across industries are fine-tuning strategies for offsetting inflation without alienating customers.

CFO 271

CFO 271

Navigator SAP

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a term used to describe business process software that enables organizations to use a common system to manage and integrate different aspects of their business. In other words, ERP helps businesses run more efficiently by allowing them to track important activities and assets ranging from inventory levels to sales data, all from one location.

Manufacturing 130

Manufacturing Sales Planning 130

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The Rolls Royce Spectre is the first electric car to come from the luxe auitomasker (owned by BMW); its all-electric powertrain produces 577 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque. The stats are impressive: 0-to-60 mph = 4.4 seconds. Top speed of 155 mph. 577 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque. Total driving range 260 miles. Charge from 10-80% full in 34 minutes.

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CFO Simplified

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As a business owner, you must understand the importance of reconciling your accounts—and no, not just your checking accounts! Do you know what accounts you need to be reconciling regularly? Read on to find out from Larry Chester , President of CFO Simplified. Do You Know What Business Accounts You Must Reconcile? Larry Chester speaks with business owners all the time about their month-end close.

Accounting 98

Accounting General Ledger CFO Accounts Payable 98

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Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.

Reconciliations

CFO Dive

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Businesses need to think creatively when it come to choosing how they gauge success in today’s uncertain economy.

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Navigator SAP

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Automate & Simplify Bank and Credit Card Reconciliation | Powered by Alluvia.

Reconciliations 179

Reconciliations Banking 179

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 27, 2022

We discussed how ephemeral and short-lived great success can be yesterday in Can Anyone Catch Nokia? As I was writing it, I had no idea it was a metaphor for what would happen a few hours later, a coincidental preface to a discussion about another mega-cap tech — META, aka Facebook. I asked Scott Galloway about which of the Four firms was most likely to falter, we (more or less) agreed that it was Facebook.

Profit and Loss 109

Profit and Loss Advertising Marketing 109

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Roth conversions are, in essence, a way to pay income taxes on pre-tax retirement funds in exchange for future tax-free growth and withdrawals. The decision of whether or not to convert pre-tax assets to Roth is, on its surface, a simple one: If the assets in question would be taxed at a lower rate by converting them to Roth and paying tax on them today, versus waiting to pay the tax in the future when they are eventually withdrawn, then the Roth conversion makes sense.

Securities 96

Securities Accounting 96

Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

Sales

CFO Dive

OCTOBER 28, 2022

CFOs may not realistically expect wage pressures to ease as long as pay increases lag inflation and job openings exceed the number of job seekers.

Numbers 261

Numbers 261

Navigator SAP

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Action and Ambition Podcast Hosted by Andrew Medal.

Technology 167

Technology 167

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 28, 2022

My end-of-week morning train WFH reads: • For Diving FAANG Stocks, It’s the End of an Era : The five FAANG stocks are on track for their worst simultaneous losses ever, a far cry from their late-2021 highs. The stocks—Facebook parent Meta Platforms, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google parent Alphabet—have posted double-digit declines this year for the first time.

Startups 109

Startups Economics Investments Banking 109

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that the SEC has proposed a rule that would require RIAs to conduct enhanced due diligence and recordkeeping when using certain outsourced investment management services and other third-party service providers. While the rule is currently in the public comment stage, given the growing popularity of outsourcing certain tasks to free up time for other planning a

Practice Management 85

Practice Management Valuation Economics Investments 85

Speaker: Mark Stovel

When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.

Marketing