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Eight Secret Weapons of the Modern Consultant

Steve Shu Consulting

For some further discussion on this topic, I wrote a management consulting post awhile back on “Articulating and Rearticulating Problem Statements” ( [link] ). Aspects of industry knowledge come through experience and specialization and can be augmented by reading trade magazines, etc.

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High Frequency Trading Hails its First Billionaire

MishTalk

Vincent “Vinnie” Viola, the founder of Virtu Financial Inc, is High Frequency Trading''s (HFT) first billionaire. He has an impressive track record of just “one losing trading day” during a 1,238 trading-day period. History Profiting from speed advantages in the market is as old as trading itself. How does he do it?

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Make Learning a Lifelong Habit

Harvard Business

According to Morris, at certain periods he was rumored to read a book a day, and all this reading and writing arguably made him both charismatic and uniquely equipped to engage the host of topics he did as president: national conservation efforts, naval expansion, trust regulation, and a variety of others.

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High Frequency Trading Hits 60-Minutes Scrutiny; Trading or Skimming?

MishTalk

In the wake of a 60-Minutes report on High Frequency Trading, numerous people have sent dozens of links. Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission have also said market rules may need to be examined. Let''s take a look at a few of them. Officials at the U.S. David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital Inc.

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Lessons Learned from a German EMBA

Tom Spencer

It is not only where my family is historically from, but has long been defined by international trade, commerce and global thinking. Drucker once wrote that once a subject becomes obsolete, it is taught in the classroom, but that is not the feeling I have here. Frankfurt itself is also a fascinating city.

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Business Valuation Lessons From ESOPs

Martinka Consulting

Methodologies : The second red-flag topic is the improper use of valuation methodologies. Price-Earnings Ratios : A big issue raised by the trustees was the improper use of price-earnings ratios (aka the multiple of earnings), specifically using publicly traded company ratios when valuing small to mid-sized (and even middle-market) firms.

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Lacy Hunt on Financial Repression; Deleveraging Not

MishTalk

However, due to negative income and price effects on our trade balance, foreign problems are transmitting into the U.S. Mish on Financial Repression Gordon Long interviewed me on the subject of financial repression in October of 2014. and interacting with underlying structural problems.