"Facebook is still experimenting with new metrics for how to measure its success and now it's also moving to reshape how it earns money from user-generated content. Facebook said it is working with agencies that represent many content creators in advertising and marketing, including Wilshire Associates and Morgan Stanley, to incorporate analytics into their billing agreements. The firm said it will spend the next year analyzing this change to charge advertisers based on the success of those ads rather than the number of times they are viewed. Analytics have long been an important tool for Facebook's business to quantify just how many times a user clicks on a certain ad. The firm's earnings per share have been particularly erratic. When ad revenues are up, Facebook shares spike"

"The marketing industries pay big bucks to study the pros and cons of developing specific categories of products. Product planners tend to have trouble telling these categories apart from one another, so they don't bother. If consumers did not suffer from cognitive bias, analysts would tend to measure the different products that the industries employ differently, and the marketers would be discouraged from marketing categories that consistently sold under expectations. Advertisers seek to boost sales by having people subconsciously associate products, hence the need to pay good bucks to marketers who understand these important marketing techniques. Finance and investment analysts earn big bucks when they help investors pick suitable"

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"Average pay for analysts with similar education is a mere $3.36 million annually, according to a new analysis by Equilar, a compensation data firm. That’s 75% less than the top earnings of finance professionals, the study said. The average pay of analysts with a PhD in finance is just under $4 million annually, which is in line with the average pay of analysts with similar education in other industries. Analysts make up the biggest group of individual earners at investment banks. The top 1% of bankers earned $3.36 million on average in 2014, according to Equilar, more than the average earnings of all the individuals in Equilar’s database. That puts top bankers at 50% of the top 1% of earners in finance. Meanwhile, compensation for executives with similar education is markedly different. Last year, executives made nearly $860 million in total pay for only 20 investment banks and brokerage firms, according to Equilar. The top 1% of executives at those companies earned a whopping $1.59 million on average in 2014. Pay for analysts with similar education is also shaped by industry, based on Equilar’s analysis of the top 10 industry pay packages, as well as the 5 top deals of 2014. Analysts earn most of their pay in companies in financial services, financial services data and analytics, and finance. More finance professionals earn their pay in advisory and research, according to Equilar’s analysis. Top earners in this field earn an average annual pay of $1.13 million. Here are the top 5 banks that paid top analysts last year: Goldman Sachs Source: Equilar Goldman Sachs made the top five, too, based on the 5 most expensive deals of 2014. They make up about 11% of the top 5 investment banks, Equilar said. Morgan Stanley Source: Equilar Among the top 10 institutions, Morgan Stanley ranked No. 1 for investment bank pay last year. Top executives made an average of $4.15 million on top deals in 2014. The average pay of top investment bank executives is also very similar to the pay for investment bankers, with just about 13% of overall investment bankers earning more than $3.1 million on average in 2014. That puts Morgan Stanley at 43% of the top 1% of investment bankers. Morgan Stanley executives also make up 14% of the top 5 investment banks, Equilar said. Bank of America Source: Equilar Despite declining earnings, Bank of America’s top executives made the top 5 overall pay packages in 2014. Top executives earned an average of $4.17 million on top deals, according to Equilar. Big pay packages aren’t always necessarily made up of bonuses. That’s how Bank of America pays top executives, according to Equilar. As of early July, Bank of America executives made an average of $7.43 million each on top deals, Equilar said. Risk management is one key area where analysts earn a lot of pay. The typical analyst makes over $71,000 on top deals, which is about 82% more than the typical analyst earns on the job, according to Equilar. Wall Street"

"Directors of finance or technical analysts can make a lot of money through finance analysis. With proper pricing analysis, the director can build a model which provides accurate and reasonable valuations of their firm. Many finance companies offer their services to financial institutions, business clients, investment banks, hedge funds, venture capitalists, venture capitalists, private equity firms, retailers, and private owners of small- and medium-sized companies. The profits generated through strategic analyses of value are enormous. Most of these companies can generate more than 20-50% of their revenue in one quarter through strategic analyses of value. The probability of a successful business venture depends not just on the critical aspects of management, finance, and marketing, but also on how well a business company manages its finance. If you have an innovative idea that you would like to pursue as a business, do your homework and do proper market research on the business. The majority of people would accept a business proposition if they get it at a competitive rate and a good payout. No one wants to accept business proposals which appear too good to be true. As an investor, you should always have an idea of what a business earns in profit and what it needs to earn to earn more profits. All companies should be able to generate more than the desired amount of profit in one quarter. Despite having a good idea about a business, you should not hesitate to ask for an analytic report about the business if you do not find enough information about the firm. As a financial analyst or director of finance, your primary duty is to provide information and analysis. Your mission is to help business owners understand the structure of their firm, gain an understanding of their cost structure, provide sound advice to management, and generate competitive returns for shareholders. Basic finance involves several activities. This includes earnings forecasting, valuation of businesses, benchmarking their businesses against comparable companies, and financial modeling to perform reasonable valuations of their businesses. Each activity must be supported by research and financial analysis to provide accurate predictions of financial results. Analysts can conduct extensive research on a particular business to provide thorough financial modeling and calculations that support their predictions. Several financial analysts offer their services and research for companies that are looking for financial analysts. In such situations, the company can obtain detailed analytical reports to build and assess a business’s financial picture. In addition, an analyst can also work as a consultant for other business owners who are struggling to understand a business model. About Financial Analysts As a business leader, you can transform your company into a profitable enterprise by knowing the financial details of a business that you want to invest in. The"

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"Chevy's senior manager for sport-utility vehicles, David Strayer, wouldn't provide specifics on the finance plan, but he said Chevy is exploring options such as a purchase-and-lease program and trade-in and a lease-to-own arrangement. Chevy is not the first automaker to sell and lease out consumer-facing vehicles via the internet and will not be the last, he said. Chevy has little to lose by trying to follow in the footsteps of Ford and Nissan, said Mark Reuss, president of GM's North American division. Chevy has not earned a profit in its U.s. luxury division since 2013 and this year's production was about 40 percent down from a year earlier. Profits will continue to fall unless Chevy can increase efficiency and build high-margin SUVs, Reuss said. ""If they can cut into the blue-chip space, they are very close,"" Reuss said in an interview. ""They have great products. You would get some of the same margins and some of the same payments if you went with Chevy in that space."" Buying a new SUV or an existing model from a rival manufacturer, known as ""buy-and-sell"" or ""lease-to-own"" programs, is the most-used option, according to Edmunds.com, an auto-industry research firm. Consumers can often purchase vehicles and ""sell"" them to another automaker in return for a big chunk of profit. This allows automakers to earn more money than they could just from selling the vehicle to an individual. Ford Motor Co. offers an agreement called Advantage, and Nissan Motor Co. introduced its ""Nissan Cash for Clunkers"" buy-and-sell program in 2009. Chevy has similar agreements with auto lenders, but those don't help Chevy, Reuss said. He declined to provide more specifics on what Chevy will do to earn a profit on the deal, except to say Chevy will rely on the strength of its brands and add features to the vehicles. A Chevy spokesman declined to discuss Chevy's plan. A Chevrolet spokesperson declined to discuss Chevy's plan. Both GM and Ford earned profits on their finance programs over a three-year period, according to Consumer Reports. Ford's profit amounted to $73 per vehicle, while GM's was $84, the publication said. Chevy also offers rental-to-own programs to consumers through financing. That makes Ford and Nissan's programs much more valuable, said David Sullivan, an analyst for AutoPacific Inc. Ford's lease program brings in about $70 to $80 a vehicle, while Nissan's sells for about $45 to $50, he said. ""I think the game is shifting to that, and Chevy's had a lack of access to this space in the past,"" Sullivan said. Analysts said Chevy's long-term goal is to hold down its spending and boost sales, but that will be challenging. Analysts said Chevy's performance during the first nine months of this year would have been worse if the automaker hadn't slashed production during a widespread industry downturn. That will continue to be a challenge. Demand for pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles is so strong that there's no end in sight.""

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