Martinka Consulting

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Operating interest (a working capital line of credit). About 15 years ago I started using the term “free cash flow,” which is pretty much the same as what’s above. Not to mention no management reports, no metrics, KPIs, etc. Anticipated capital expenditures. I like the term “real income.”

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In today’s data-centric digital landscape, intelligence is central to any business strategy, especially as we look towards 2024. Critical success factors (CSFs) represent the key areas or conditions you need to master for your business strategy to be successful. Are project operations, sales, customer service, etc.

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The Wall Street Journal and others recently reported about an accounting expert who had predicted the Madoff Ponzi scheme and recently went after GE for what he said are their deceptive accounting practices (of course, GE responded this person didn’t know what he was talking about).

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Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

And it’s those common links that inform tech investments, transformation strategies, and how firms respond to the disruptive forces that define the modern business landscape. According to TSIA’s 2023 State of Professional Services report , services services remain at the core of professional services orgs across the spectrum.

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MishTalk

MARCH 21, 2014

Inquiring minds are tuning into a report on the Ponzi finance setup in China. Mish Note:] The prelude to the report on MacroBusiness Australia is interesting in and of itself: " From Morgan Stanley comes the latest must read bearish China report. There is more text and charts in the report. Morgan Stanley agrees.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 30, 2014

In his latest Global Strategy Report , Albert Edwards at Societe Generale discusses " earnings season " which he calls " cheating season ". Despite the soothing Q3 headline earnings reports as US companies ‘game’ the system, all is not well once you look into the ‘MUC’ (Manipulated Underperforms Conservative). If so (i.e.

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Martinka Consulting

JUNE 18, 2021

Operating experience – Sam said be careful if you don’t have operating experience. You must use free cash flow to truly calculate ROI. We used to call this a mini-audit (not as sexy as QofE or proof of cash) and it means tying the money on the bank statements to sales reports and financial statements.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex. But the other indicators probably pick up legitimate differences in how companies in the sample operate, as opposed to whether they are myopic.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Less foot traffic means cash flow of mall owners and developers are getting squeezed - a potential hazard for an economy growing at its slowest pace in decades. Major listed mall operators are also feeling the pain. But it won't be reported that way. Malaysia-based Parkson (3368.HK), Such development adds to GDP.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2018

The constantly fluctuating number of barrels of crude available from nimble shale operations is a primary driver, but so are the long-term impact of increased fuel efficiency and the fits and starts of the global transition away from fossil fuels on world demand. .—while The soaring U.S.

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 18, 2013

When it comes time to sell however, they want to demonstrate that the business has more cash flow than the tax returns (and financial statements) show. Adjustments , as in, “you can adjust some of our operations to make more profit.” Business Buying Exit Strategies' Supposed) personal travel, meals, etc.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

After all, if you’re trying to sell a product or strategy, you need to be able to demonstrate that it is both practical and high margin. “The decision-makers will want to see a simple model that shows revenue, costs, overhead, and cash flow,” he says. “They need to see why it’s a good idea.”

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ConsultX

MARCH 1, 2022

Imagine being able to quickly and accurately calculate how much money a business is sacrificing through imperfect operation, and which areas of the business are draining the most profit. This is Profit that is being missed out on from areas of the business that aren’t operating as they should. Printable report.

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MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

Kristi Culpepper, a bond guru, has gone over Chicago''s annual financial report, bond documents, investor presentations, and CAFRs. For example, Culpepper reports Chicago general obligation bond deals have been used by the city as a means to avoid servicing short-term debt. The Corporate Fund is Chicago’s general operating fund.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Executives say that they lose 40% of their strategy’s potential value to breakdowns in execution. In our experience at Bain & Company, however, this strategy-to-performance gap is rarely the result of shortcomings in implementation; it is because the plans are flawed from the start. Value flexibility.

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MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

The question stems from lengthy (256 page PDF) from the BIS Annual Report (Bank for International Settlements) that stated among other things " The only source of lasting prosperity is a stronger supply side. As a result, extraordinary accommodation can induce major adjustments in asset prices and financial flows elsewhere.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

At this horizon, even “buy-and-hold” strategies in stocks are inappropriate except for a small fraction of assets. Hugh Hendry Throws In Towel On November 22, InvestmentWeek reported long-time bear Hugh Hendry threw in the towel. ''I Only after the fact does the reputation of risk-managed strategies surge from “chump” to “champ.”

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 28, 2016

AT&T will now control brands such as Turner and CNN, get large subscription revenue streams from HBO, and own both traditional and digital media properties such as Warner Brothers and Bleacher Report — creating, as the Washington Post noted, “one of the most powerful combinations of content and distribution America has ever seen.”

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

New research, led by a team from McKinsey Global Institute in cooperation with FCLT Global , found that companies that operate with a true long-term mindset have consistently outperformed their industry peers since 2001 across almost every financial measure that matters. The differences were dramatic. for all other companies.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The root cause is twofold: a mismatch between organizations’ strategies and actual market demand, and a lack of operational discipline. To be financially sustainable, hospitals and health systems must revamp their strategies and insist that their investments in new payment models and physician employees generate solid returns.

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MishTalk

JUNE 26, 2015

After careful review over the past couple weeks with both James Turk, founder of GoldMoney, and Roy Sebag, the co-founder of BitGold, I am pleased to report the news is 100% positive. GoldMoney will continue to operate in Jersey as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Toronto parent. So nothing really changes in that regard.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 16, 2015

China: I don't think China is growing as fast as it reports to be. And so we're in effect fulfilling in some respects our longer term strategy in AQR where we're liquidating the remaining garden apartments we have. ZELL: I don't think China is growing as fast as it reports to be. Number three there's an existing cash flow.

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