Dr. Augustine Fou wrote a blog post titled Humans Don’t Hyperscale. Sorry, Silicon Valley. Continue reading “Humans Don’t Hyperscale”
Complexity, Turing, Covid and the Financial Analyst
CFA Society Atlantic Canada hosted a webinar titled Complexity, Turing, Covid and the Financial Analyst presented by Rick Nason, associate professor of finance at Dalhousie University. See the end of this post for links to Prof. Nason’s books. Continue reading “Complexity, Turing, Covid and the Financial Analyst”
Enterprise Value: Is EV/EBITDA a better ratio than P/E?
An interesting Twitter thread on financial ratios. Continue reading “Enterprise Value: Is EV/EBITDA a better ratio than P/E?”
Is the global financial system fragile, resilient, or antifragile?
Peter Neuwirth wrote a blog post titled Fragility, Antifragility, and Financial Forest Fires in two parts (part 1, Part 2). Peter Neuwirth is the author of What’s Your Future Worth? which describes the basic principles behind the actuarial perspective.
Continue reading “Is the global financial system fragile, resilient, or antifragile?”Facebook and IRS Prepare for $9 Billion U.S. Tax Court Fight
Richard Rubin wrote a Wall Street Journal article titled Facebook and IRS Prepare for $9 Billion U.S. Tax Court Fight. Continue reading “Facebook and IRS Prepare for $9 Billion U.S. Tax Court Fight”
Fair Isaac is tweaking the FICO score formula
Tara Siegel Bernard wrote an article for the New York Times titled Your Credit Score May Soon Change. Here’s Why.
« The Fair Isaac Corporation, the company that creates the widely used three-digit FICO score, is tweaking its formula. » Continue reading “Fair Isaac is tweaking the FICO score formula”
It’s time to embrace marketing as a cost not an investment
Andrew Willshire wrote an article for MarketingWeek titled It’s time to embrace marketing as a cost not an investment. Continue reading “It’s time to embrace marketing as a cost not an investment”
Toppled from the top – The risk of fraud
Roger Isaacs wrote an article for Accountancy Age titled Toppled from the top – The risk of fraud. The article is about the financial implosion of Patisserie Valerie. Continue reading “Toppled from the top – The risk of fraud”
Brand valuation: Brilliant or Bullshit?
Debate between Mark Ritson (arguing for Bullshit) and executives from Interbrand, Brand Finance, and BrandZ (arguing for Brilliant).
Corporate governance is about checks and balances
Alastair Thomson wrote an article about corporate governance titled Checks and balances…they’re a feature not a bug. Continue reading “Corporate governance is about checks and balances”
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