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Forecasting Future Fraud: Q&A With Joanne Horton Of Warwick Business School

Global Finance

Weve got what we think is a rather exciting model, which we describe in a working paper, that helps forecast in advance the likelihood that a firm will go on to commit accounting fraud. So, they change inventory methodology, or they change their assumptions on revenue recognition, and they make it such that they beat these forecasts.

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FP&A’s Scope: What Is In And What Is Out?

Fpanda Club

FP&A is an evolving function that falls into the intersection of finance, operations and strategy aimed at driving better decision-making trough insightful analysis, forecasting and goal setting. In this blog post I wont focus on the activities that fall into FP&As scope by default, such as budgeting, forecasting and regular analysis.

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DraftKings, Cinemark, Hershey and more

CFO News Room

in premarket trading despite reporting a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and revenue that topped Wall Street forecasts. after reporting better-than-expected quarterly revenue, even though its loss was larger than analysts had anticipated. Hershey’s improved outlook signals strong Halloween candy sales.

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Using Cash Flow Forecasting to Withstand the Downturn

Centage

However, one of the most important planning tools for a business of any size is cash flow forecasting – and it’s especially important in times of uncertainty. Knowing the timing, amount and predictability of future cash flows with cash flow forecasting should be an essential component of the budgeting and planning process.

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Under Armour, Robinhood, Peloton, Lincoln National and more

CFO News Room

after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its latest quarter, along with revenue that was roughly in line with Wall Street forecasts. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv forecast earnings of 11 cents per share on revenue of $456 million. UBS highlighted Tal’s strong topline beat and improved profitability outlook.

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Starbucks, Twilio, Carvana, DoorDash and more

CFO News Room

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Starbucks — The Seattle-based coffee company jumped nearly 9% after reporting quarterly profit and revenue that topped expectations. Net sales rose 3.35 billion and Global same-store sales rose 7%. However, its quarterly loss was still larger than anticipated.

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How to set and manage sales goals

Jedox Finance

From overarching sales targets to more specific sub-goals and milestones, how should they be defined? In this blog post, we look at sales targets and goal setting from different perspectives and discuss what to consider when defining them. Sales targets should always be planned bottom-up and top-down. Target market?

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