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Dangers of DIY Accounting

MazumaBusinessAccounting

It can be tempting to cut corners when laying the foundation of your business. Most new business owners try to pinch pennies where they can—even in areas they shouldn’t. For almost all businesses, making money is a priority, but how you manage that money is equally important. When you try to manage the accounting and bookkeeping for your business yourself, you may run into trouble.

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Animal Spirits: The Biggest Week For Crypto

The Irrelevant Investor

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by BlockFi On today’s show we discuss: 95% of Bitcoin is controlled by 2.4% of accounts Gas fees on the Ethereum blockchain Crypto shadow banking explained Packy McCormick explains BlockFi Why I'm having trouble holding Listen here: Tweets: [link] [link] [link] Charts: Contact us at animalspiritspod@gmail.com with any feedback, recommendations, or questions.

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Super Specialized MBA Finance Syllabus Distinguish from General MBA Finance

International College of Financial Planning

A Masters’ degree in business administration is more than just a certificate. It is your claim to a better future, enhanced career opportunities, a better life and the chance to make your own destiny. There is no wonder that with a MBA degree you can do a lot in life that may not otherwise be possible with any ordinary degree. But in order to accelerate growth and fulfill all your dreams, doing just any MBA course may not be enough.

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Who’s Going to Bail You Out?

Mauldin Economics

Three million pets are euthanized every year for economic reasons. It's one of the saddest things you will ever hear. People put down their dog or cat because they can't come up with $500 to take care of them. If you don't have at least $10,000 set aside for emergencies, it's time to change that. Everybody needs emergency funds. Your car breaks down, your roof leaks, or you tear your ACL.

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2025 Industry Index: How Top Advisors Are Scaling Smarter (and Faster) This Year

Where are top advisors focusing in 2025? AcquireUp’s 2025 Industry Index reveals it all. Based on insights from 200+ financial professionals nationwide, discover why 74% say seminars and referrals deliver the best ROI, how automation is helping advisors scale faster, and why only 8% are tapping into niche marketing (a major growth opportunity!). Whether you're refining your client acquisition strategy or scaling your practice, this report gives you the real-world data, benchmarks, and action ste

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How to Grow Your Business: Find Your Audience

MazumaBusinessAccounting

As a business owner, it can be easy to see dollar signs on things that aren’t actually going to drive revenue for your business. Identifying the markets that are going to be lucrative for your business will help you to define your niche and—more importantly—nail it. It’s tempting to try to reach every customer who could possibly be interested in your products, but taking the time to find your perfect fit will help you to iron out your offering and help your business to be more scalable.

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Fundamental Growth

The Irrelevant Investor

From 2010 to 2017, the outperformance of growth over value was driven almost entirely by fundamentals. Over the past few years, however, the lead widened almost entirely due to investor enthusiasm. From Michael Cembalest and the team at J.P. Morgan From 2010 to 2017, relative P/E multiples were stable even as growth outperformed value. This reflects a growth stock rally that was driven by much faster earnings growth.

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“Money Losing Companies Hits Record High”

The Irrelevant Investor

It seems corporate America has adopted MMT. At least that's the conclusion you could draw by looking at this chart below. And if that was your conclusion, then the implications are clear; The stock market is a house of cards. Thanks to a new report from Michael Mauboussin and Dan Callahan , we know that there is more to the story than meets the eye.

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Should I Buy Coinbase?

The Irrelevant Investor

"Wait until the competition comes in" "The valuation doesn't make any sense" "Fees are going to come down" This is the bear case for Coinbase, and it seems a little too obvious if you ask me. We're going to get into all of this live at 4:30 on YouTube with special guest Packy McCormick. Tune in! [link] The post Should I Buy Coinbase? appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor.

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Rise of the Machines

The Irrelevant Investor

Read this and tell me if anything seems off to you. The growing popularity of cryptocurrency means there are hundreds of opportunities to choose from, but no matter how tempting it is to buy a partially inflated coin or invest in a minor one with big expectations, only a few cryptocurrencies really offer good investment opportunities. The market is incredibly volatile and risky so it’s essential to read up on the fundamental value and technology of the crypto companies you’re going to invest in.

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles Of course, we thought our work was unique and valuable. But to prospective investors it looked neither new nor unique. (By Neckar Value) Momentum and growth are very different from each other (By Jack Forehand) Some Wall Street firms are sharper than others (By Simon Lack) Buying and selling risk can be a profitable business, although it’s not as profitable as it used to be (By Marc Rubinstein) Startups themselves are investing in other startups (By Packy McCormick) Banks are playing an

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Data Talks, CFOs Listen: Why Analytics Are Key To Better Spend Management

Speaker: Claire Grosjean, Global Finance & Operations Executive

Finance teams are drowning in data—but is it actually helping them spend smarter? Without the right approach, excess spending, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities continue to drain profitability. While analytics offers powerful insights, financial intelligence requires more than just numbers—it takes the right blend of automation, strategy, and human expertise.

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What to Do With a Cash Windfall

Mauldin Economics

The current Mega Millions jackpot is at $168 million. Anyone can buy the next winning ticket. What if it's you? You might buy a home or car with your winnings. You will also want to fund your brokerage and retirement accounts. What you won't do is lie awake and think about paying your bills anymore. But now you'll have a whole new set of concerns like paying more taxes, buying more life insurance, and donating more to charity.

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Let Capitalism Do its Job

Mauldin Economics

The airlines were running on one month's worth of cash when COVID-19 hit. They ran out of cash because they spent their money on buybacks, trying to get their stock prices up. This is terrible behavior. They jeopardized their companies. And the government rewarded them with billions of dollars in relief funds. What we should have done is let them go bankrupt instead.

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Animal Spirits: A Shortage of Workers

The Irrelevant Investor

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by YCharts Mention Animal Spirits to receive 20% off when you initially sign up for the service On today’s show we discuss: Investors put more money into stocks last week than they did in all of the 20th century Index funds are worse than Marxism The biggest ETF launch ever Real estate expert Bill McBride agrees with Ben Some good things are happening for the bottom half of Americans A worker shortage The right way to think about "paying" for the infras

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