Tom Spencer

JULY 21, 2018

During one of my internships I worked on a due diligence project, which involved conducting market research to help a PE firm decide whether to acquire a major stake in a joint venture owned by one of the largest telecom companies in Asia. Financial due diligence involves a lot of financial modelling ( DCF , LBO , NAV ) and deal structuring.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The Power of Unity Firms need real-time insights into the entire business – finance, project accounting, sales, everything – otherwise multiple versions of the truth will start showing up in budgets, estimates, and forecasts. It prevents you from generating reliable cash-flow forecasts and makes it incredibly difficult to manage resources.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Many an economics and finance course later, I see that the layers of complexities to the 2008 financial crisis are innumerable. The senior slices of a CDO were considered to be safer because they had first priority on cash flows received from the pool of mortgages in the event of default. It all seemed so clear.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

So, we begin by assuming that the traditional path offers cash compensation equal to the average starting salary. (It It might be tempting to turn to the highest starting salary paid, which typically goes to the graduate with the most experience in the most competitive market, who often earns crazy money their first year.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

The market caps of just four companies, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft, now exceed $3 trillion. Their combined assets of $944 billion are an order of magnitude lower than the combined assets of $7,700 billion of the largest 3,177 companies in 1986, when the aggregate market capitalization reached $3 trillion for the first time.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 7, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation? Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market. Automatic Earth.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

In the past, a community bank would have a relationship with the businesses on Main Street, and when it came time for a loan, there would be a wealth of informal information to augment the loan application. After all, isn’t the customer’s voice relevant if you are going to finance a plumber or restaurant?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

On June 25, 2018, Facebook lost market capitalization of more than $100 billion in just two hours of trading after it announced its quarterly performance, despite exceeding analysts’ earnings forecasts. This example illustrates that investors consider information beyond just earnings as value-relevant. What caused this slump?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 15, 2017

One of the most stressful things about being self-employed is managing your cash flow. “Before you respond to a request or knock on a door in a marketing capacity, you need to establish that the company can pay you and will pay you,” he says. This information helps you better manage your monthly cash flow.

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MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

Chicago finances are even worse than I thought which is saying quite a bit because I have written about the sorry state of Chicago finances on numerous occasion. Many of these uses of bond proceeds are not eligible for tax-exempt financing under the federal tax code." Who Is Kristi Culpepper? You should be.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

“It’s the equivalent of doing informational interviews. Sure, they may be “the competition,” says Horowitz, but they are also a great source of information. Horowitz suggests asking your fellow freelancers what the market is like for your skills and what their rates are. ” Determine your fee.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2017

They argue that the market has become saturated because of the barriers to entry are low (do we really need 53 subscription box companies offering sex products?), Moving from “top-down” valuation to “bottom-up” The default valuation method for finance professionals is “top-down” in nature.

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